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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers Discipline of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-32

Any breach of the laws and regulations relating to his profession or his duties as a sworn goods broker and any breach of probity or honour, even relating to facts unrelated to the tasks entrusted to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485

…nces of which the persons cited are found guilty or liable as well as the penalty, the texts of the law applied, and the civil convictions. The judgment is read out by the president or by one of the j…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-1

…community referred to in article L. 1434-12 is set up in the form of an association governed by the law of 1st July 1901 or, if its registered office is located in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-27

…ence or transfer requires registration in an account;The validity of this act is governed by French law if the property is located within the territory of the French Republic or if the register or acc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

…as a contracting entity, for companies in the social and solidarity economy defined inArticle 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy or equivalent structures, when…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Project management mandate

Article L2422-5

…s section does not apply when the project owner can only give the mandate to a person designated by law.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-10

…on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004, where a request for mutual assistance is made by a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and powers

Article L532-3

…g out an individual examination of the application or dispensing, outside the cases provided for by law, with a personal interview with the applicant and that it is not in a position to take an immedi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Hearings

Article L532-11

…the public, if this is necessary to protect public order, personal privacy or secrets protected by law. It may also prohibit access to the courtroom by minors or certain minors..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L3826-3

…nds.Article L. 3353-3 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for the justice system.Article…

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