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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-2

…of the Council of 5 April 2017 which have the EU declaration of conformity provided for in Article 19 of that Regulation. Advertising shall objectively define the device and, where applicable, its pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article R522-13

…persons wishing to operate warehousing under the conditions set out in articles L. 522-14 to L. 522-19. However, they may provide for shops to be used exclusively for certain categories of goods, in p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Health department

Article R1424-26

…rate and advises the fire and rescue service authorities. By way of derogation from article R. 1424-19 of the present code, a doctor recruited on contract may occupy the post of chief medical officer…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R761-7

…gdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation. "4° In Article R. 722-1, the words: "by Council Decision 2004/191/EC of 23 February 2004 setting out the criteria and practical arrangements for the compensa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Co-contractor established abroad

Article D8222-7

…at the co-contractor's social security status is in order in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of 29 April 2004 or an international social security agreement and, where the legislation of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…r the requirements of the Union harmonisation legislation mentioned in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…echnical device to access, including in an open standard within the meaning of Article 4 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, a work or object protected by a tech…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-22

…and the Autorité des marchés financiers in exercising the powers vested in them by Articles L. 532-19 to L. 532-21-3. This decree determines, in particular, the procedures for informing the competent…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Penalties relating to consumer credit

Article R354-1

…in the right-hand column of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDING R. 341-1 to R. 341-19 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-16

…ssociations, and their establishments, offering one of the services provided for in article L. 2223-19 and authorised in accordance with article L. 2223-23, inform their employees or agents of the nee…

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