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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-15

The representative of the State in the département may give formal notice to the owner or, failing this, the operator of a built property: 1° To implement, within a fixed period, the necessary measure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-10

For its application in Mayotte, article L. 1237-5-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1237-5-1-As from the date of publication of Order No. 2017-1491 of 25 October 2017, no collective agreement or arrangemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-2

I. - For their application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° The second sentence of Article L. 1110-1 does not apply ;2° In article L. 1110-4 : a) The first paragraph of I is worded as follows:…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Training for sports professions

Article L211-1

The State's public training establishments and local public training establishments in the fields of sport, youth and popular education provide initial training for people who manage, run, supervise a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

I.-In the month following the admission to psychiatric care decided upon in application of this chapter or resulting from the decision mentioned in article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-1

The Minister responsible for sport, in liaison with the other ministers and bodies concerned, initiates and coordinates preventive, medical surveillance, research and educational actions implemented w…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-32

The lender may not, in return for accepting as collateral an insurance contract other than the insurance contract it offers, including in the event of exercise of the right of cancellation pursuant to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organised trading systems

Article L762-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the righ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-1

I.-The penalties provided for in Article L. 824-2, statutory auditors for any disciplinary misconduct they commit. Disciplinary misconduct includes: 1° Any breach of the legal conditions for practisin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28

As an exception to the provisions of articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, natural persons benefiting from the regime defined in article 50-0 of the General Tax Code may not prepare annual accounts. They k…

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