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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article R310-19

Shall be punished by the fine provided for by the 5° of Article 131-13 of the Penal Code for fifth-class offences: 1° Failure to display the receipt for the declaration of the liquidation sale under t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D763-12

…he words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D762-12

…he words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Clearing houses

Article D764-12

…he words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-43-15

…ent for a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13 ;2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5122-1

…146 may be used in advertising for the homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations, bearing the particulars provided for in article R. 5132-13, is kept for three years by the pharmacist or veterinarian. In the case of proprietary medici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-14

The provisions of Article L. 1411-13 apply to the public administrative establishments of municipalities with 3,500 inhabitants or more, to the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article L1435-7-2

…r the sole purpose of recording the offences provided for in Articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-3, L. 5421-13, L. 5432-1, L. 5432-2, L. 5438-4, L. 5461-3 and L. 5462-3 of the Public Health Code, when committ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

…ent ceases to have effect, in whole or in part, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 614-13 of this Code.

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