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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L421-1

…r person who presents himself as the manufacturer by affixing his name, trade mark or other distinctive sign to the product, or the person who carries out the reconditioning of the product ;b) The man…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L422-3

…Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety and Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L423-2

…e necessary action to control these risks, including withdrawal from the market, adequate and effective warning of consumers and recall from consumers of products placed on the market.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L421-3

Products and services must, under normal conditions of use or under other conditions reasonably foreseeable by the professional, present the safety that can legitimately be expected and not be harmful…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article LO630

The conditions under which a plea that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution may be raised in criminal proceedings, as well as the conditions under w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Common provisions

Article L466-1

The competent judicial authorities hearing proceedings relating to offences involving companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or offered to the public on a multilatera…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-3

An order of the Minister for the Economy may, if necessary, prescribe specific procedures for the non-accounting monitoring of investments, contracts, claims and reinsurance, co-insurance and co-reins…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-2

Subject to the provisions of this code and the adaptations made necessary by the accounting requirements of the Autorité des normes comptables (French accounting standards authority) which apply to th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-7

Transactions in foreign currencies and the related accounting documents are defined and kept in each of the currencies used, in accordance with the accounting requirements of the Autorité des normes c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles.

Article R341-9

All undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 are required to implement procedures for the preparation and verification of the financial and accounting informa…

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