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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R641-31

…the following provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or L. 624-19 shall be sent to the liquidator. The applicant shall send a copy to the court-appoin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-2

…l of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC or t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-8

…99/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004. This information shall appear o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…t it is easily accessible, and this until the date set in article 6 bis of the decree of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for the application ofarticle 187 of la…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D3381-2

…e State with an administrative public service mission, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS TH…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-19

…15-1 and R. 1321-16 and for the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, water samples are taken by agents of the Regional Health Agency or by agents of a laboratory app…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-20

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun as defined in 11° of article L. 311-1.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-67

…rming the group or to the company leading the cartel, as mentioned in articles R. 212-17 and R. 212-18 of the French Cinema and Moving Images Code respectively.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Award of sub-contracts where the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formal procedure

Article R2393-19

The notice referred to in article R. 2393-18 shall be drawn up in accordance with the model set out in the European Commission regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prohibitions.

Article L5222-1

Subject to the provisions of article L. 7121-18, it is forbidden to receive or attempt to receive, either occasionally or repeatedly, funds, securities or movable property with a view to or in connect…

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