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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…tries du vivant et de l'environnement;20° The French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea;21° L'Institut national du cancer ;22° L'Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Duties of the Registrar and appeals

Article R521-26

…the Registrar considers that the application does not comply with the requirements of articles R. 521-6, R. 521-7, R. 521-13, R. 521-14 and R. 521-19 to R. 521-21 or that the information declared by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hospital prescription medicines

Article R5121-85

…respectively, under Articles L. 6132-2, as it stood prior to the publication of Law no. 2009-879 of 21 July 2009 on hospital reform and patients, health and the territories, and L. 6133-7, to carry ou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-17

…s following a change in the classification of the medicinal product mentioned in 1° of Article R. 5121-36. II.- The provision of free samples also complies with the following conditions: 1° Each suppl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-2

…opean Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017 ;e) The existence, where applicable, of a suspensive clause in the contract…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 793

…n° 62-933 du 8 août 1962 et répondant aux diverses caractéristiques des articles L. 322-1 à L. 322-21 et L. 322-23 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime, up to three-quarters of the fraction of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56

…to any place where property is likely to be found that is subject to confiscation under Article 131-21 of the Criminal Code, in order to carry out a search with a view to seizing such property; if the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…aph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digit…

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

Article L111-7

…t falls within the scope of advertising within the meaning of the article 20 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004for confidence in the digital economy. This decree also sets the terms and conditions ac…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-22

…ng Agency, to acknowledge the violation, to accept the consequences provided for in Articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23-6 and to waive the hearing before the Sanction Commission. The agreement mentioned i…

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