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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-15

…régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of Article 4 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication of the action taken on the procedur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific measures applicable to illegal online content

Article L532-5

…pursuant to article L. 521-3-1 is punishable by the penalties laid down in 1 of VI of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L623-29

Group membership does not preclude the right to take action under ordinary law to obtain compensation for losses not falling within the scope defined by the judge's decision referred to in article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3611-7

…lic utility establishments, professional orders and associations whose existence is provided for by law or regulation at departmental level have jurisdiction over the entire territory of the Rhône dep…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 44

Articles 21 and 22 of this annex are applicable to Title V of the law of 1 June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, and relating to forced…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2438

…be ordered by the courts, where the registration has been made without being founded either on the law or on a title, or where it has been made by virtue of a title that is either irregular, extingui…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2461

…y is, ipso jure, purged of the droit de suite attached to the mortgage in the cases provided for by law, in particular the sale on seizure of property, expropriation for public utility or the situatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Implementation within a group of undertakings

Article L3344-2

…s mentioned in article L. 3344-1 may also be set up within a group made up of companies governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, the unions they have formed and t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L4151-1

The provisions of this Title shall apply to employers under private law and to employees. They also apply to 1° To the establishments mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article L. 4111-1; 2° Mines and quarries…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-12

…of nominative or indirectly nominative information are authorised under the conditions laid down by law.

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