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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-5

…e 2488-1 may subsequently be assigned to guarantee debts other than those mentioned in the constitutive act provided that the latter expressly so provides. The settlor may offer it as security, not on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-4

If the beneficiary of the trust has acquired free disposal of the property pursuant to Article 2488-3, he shall pay to the settlor, where the value mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of that Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Market surveillance

Article L4314-2

…mentioned in articles L. 4311-3 and L. 4321-2, to withdraw them from the market and to recall them; 2° or to make the performance of these operations subject to checks, tests, maintenance rules or cha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5224-2

…ros. The court may also impose the following additional penalties: 1° A ban, for a period of up to five years, on carrying out directly or through an intermediary the professional activity in the exer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-2

…e licence referred to in article L. 5125-18 or despite the suspension or withdrawal of such licence;2° Transferring a licence independently of the business to which it relates;3° (deleted)4° Failing t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-2

…pean database on medical devices are applicable in the event of implementation of the said database;2° In Articles L. 5461-2 to L. 5461-4, L. 5461-5, L. 5461-6-1, L. 5461-6-2 and L. 5461-9, the refere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Cooperation agreements.

Article L6134-2

The regulatory measures provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 6134-1 shall be determined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat and, where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L6324-2

…ill be imposed for : 1° Failing to submit the detailed estimate provided for in article L. 6322-2 ; 2° Failing to meet the deadline stipulated in the same article; 3° Demanding or obtaining any form o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-2

The principal shall make available to the commercial agent any useful documentation on the products or services that are the subject of the agency contract. He shall provide the commercial agent with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Alert procedure.

Article R234-2

…the Court, to the Statutory Auditor, to the Works Council or, failing this, to the staff representatives, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within eight days of the Board meeting.

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