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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Special rules for international notifications.

Article 688-2

The Minister of Justice forwards the documents addressed to him to the Public Prosecutor's Office at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction they are to be served or to the national chamber of ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to regulated markets

Article L462-2

Article L. 245-2 of the French Commercial Code sets out the penalties for advertising subscriptions to securities.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public sector companies and establishments.

Article L2282-2

All employees, including direct supervisory staff, in each workshop or office constituting a work unit have the right to meet in a workshop or office council. Employees meet in each workshop or office…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for public services.

Article L2512-2

When the employees mentioned in article L. 2512-1 exercise the right to strike, the concerted cessation of work is preceded by a notice. The notice shall be issued by a representative trade union orga…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Collective bargaining - Collective labour agreements.

Article L2622-2

Where a national collective labour agreement applies in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, arrangements for adapti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-2

All children under the age of eighteen benefit from preventive health and social measures, including compulsory examinations.The number and content of these examinations, the age at which they must be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health establishments receiving pregnant women.

Article L2322-2

The authorised facilities that private health establishments are required to have in order to carry out voluntary terminations of pregnancy are set by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-2

None of the beverages referred to in Article L. 3322-1 may, in France and in all territories under French jurisdiction, be supplied by the manufacturer or importer, held, transported, offered for sale…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Pharmacy and medical physics professions

Article L4422-2

For the application of the provisions of Book II of this Part in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands :1° The powers devolved to the representative of the State in the department are exercis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-2

In addition to the civil liability of the persons mentioned in this article, the contracts provided for in article L. 211-1 must cover the civil liability of the owner of the vehicle.

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