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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-28

…azine, except for subscription contracts for these publications; 11° Concluded at a public auction; 12° The supply of accommodation services, other than residential accommodation, goods transport serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Acquisitions of participating interests

Article L465-4

…ctors of a company if they fail to make the notifications required of the company by article L. 233-12 in respect of the shareholdings it holds in the controlling joint stock company.III. - The same p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…labelling of the immediate packaging of a medicinal product or a product referred to in Article L. 5121-8, must include the following information, written in such a way as to be easily legible, clearl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-6

…R. 211-12, the chairman of the classification committee mentioned in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Inadmissibility decisions

Article L531-33

During the personal interview provided for in Articles L. 531-12 to L. 531-21, the applicant is given the opportunity to present his or her observations on the application of the ground of inadmissibi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-180

…activities, or to train those taking part in them, in return for remuneration is given in Annex II-12 to this Code. The subscriber attests on his or her honour to the accuracy and sincerity of the in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L823-14

…ies provided for in article L. 823-13, natural persons convicted under articles L. 823-11 or L. 823-12 shall incur the supplementary penalty of confiscation of all or part of their property, whatever…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-17

In the cases referred to in Articles R. 1454-12 and R. 1454-13, the case is referred to a subsequent hearing of the Judgement Committee in its restricted composition. The court clerk will notify by an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other resources.

Article R4414-2

…ed pursuant to Article R. 4414-1 are used to finance the operations provided for in Article R. 2334-12. Ile-de-France Mobilités may also use these sums to subsidise the acquisition and renovation of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-32

Category 1 PPE-SL is subject to the internal manufacturing control procedure whereby the manufacturer, his authorised representative established within the territory of the European Community or, fail…

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