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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-4

…transmission, to a signal distributor which transmits those programme-carrying signals to the public.Under this single act of representation, the signal distributor and the broadcasting organisation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-4

Employees with a professional prevention account may ask their employer for professional retraining leave, under conditions specified by decree, in order to follow all or some of the training courses…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-4-1

I. - Manufacturers and importers of motorised DIY and gardening tools, sports and leisure articles, including bicycles, electrically assisted bicycles and motorised personal mobility devices ensure, f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-4-1

…s which, for the third consecutive financial year, employ an average number of at least two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million eur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-4

…taking into account, in particular, the presentation of the product, the information on the label and any other information intended for consumers.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4

Mutual insurance companies, tontines and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds governed by article L771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are special forms of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…ntioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult the administrative authority or the control and pri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Control of the profession

Article L821-12-4

For the purposes mentioned in the two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-4-1

…r-communal cooperation may set, for sections of roads outside built-up areas under his jurisdiction and not comprising at least two lanes assigned to the same direction of traffic, a maximum authorise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-4

Transplantation of faecal microbiota is carried out in the interests of the recipient and is subject to the principles of donor consent and anonymity of donation. The rules of anonymity of donation do…

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