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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information and prevention

Article L3511-1

The Government sets the date of an annual event called "No Smoking Day" by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-2

…accordance witharticle 131-21 of the Criminal Code; 3° A permanent ban, or a ban for a maximum of five years, on practising one or more professions governed by this Code or any other professional or s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-3

…quired for the practice of these professions is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for inarticle 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared to be criminally liable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-1

…ed in article L. 4251-5 required to practise the profession of medical physicist or without being covered by article L. 4364-6. The present article does not apply to medical physics students who are d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-7

The award notice is published in the Official Journal of the European Union and is transmitted in the same way as defined in articles R. 3122-4 to R. 3122-6.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…p in accordance with the model set out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Multiple copies.

Article L511-75

Any bearer of a bill of exchange has the right to make copies of it. The copy must reproduce exactly the original with the endorsements and all other particulars appearing thereon. It must indicate wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Multiple copies.

Article L511-76

The copy must name the holder of the original document of title. The latter is bound to deliver the said document of title to the lawful bearer of the copy. If he refuses to do so, the bearer may exer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-8-1

…the accounts of an asset, right, obligation or security entails assignment to the professional activity or withdrawal from the assigned assets. Receivables and indemnities which replace assigned asse…

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