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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 28: Energy labelling

Article R412-43-1

…abinets and its annexes ; 16° the provisions of Articles 1 to 6, Article 11, Article 12 and Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 establi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L421-8

The conditions for application of articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. This decree specifies in particular the conditions for issuing the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-20

Articles R. 643-21 and R. 643-22 are applicable when the court pronounces the closure of the professional recovery procedure without liquidation. The judicial representative or the person chosen on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-16

…23 are granted in accordance with the procedures set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 3132-21. The opinions mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 3132-21 are given within one month.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-1

…ll apply 1° "Act of terrorism": the acts defined in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation (EU) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mediation of consumer disputes

Article L612-3

…diation of consumer disputes is subject to the obligation of confidentiality set out in the Article 21-3 of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 on the organisation of the courts and civil, criminal and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3122-4

By way of derogation from Article L. 3122-2, for retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in the areas referred to in Article L. 3132-24, the period of night work,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3-1

…e conclusions of a report drawn up as part of an inspection referred to in Article 111 of Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, in order to monitor c…

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

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 510

…f [Provisions declared to be unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2019-778 DC of 21 March 2019] the appellant expressly requests that the case be heard by a panel; this request may…

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