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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-3

For the application of article L. 222-10 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The words: "mentioned in article L. 224-69" are replaced by the words: "or group of contracts, concluded for consideration…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions relating to fire and rescue services

Article L1424-3

The fire and rescue services are placed for employment under the authority of the mayor or the prefect, acting within the scope of their respective police powers.To carry out the prevention missions f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-3

Any person has the right to act to have it decided that he or she has or does not have French nationality. The public prosecutor has the same right with regard to any person. He is a necessary defenda…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

The liberty and custody judge rules by means of a reasoned order. When he orders or extends pre-trial detention or rejects an application for release, the order must include a statement of the legal a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Trade union representation at company and establishment level

Article L2122-3

Where a joint list has been drawn up by trade union organisations, the votes cast shall be divided between them on the basis indicated by the trade union organisations concerned when they submitted th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-3

…duits de Santé. This authorisation may only be granted if the needs of blood transfusion so require and on condition that the blood or derived products in question offer sufficient guarantees with reg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and powers of the regional health agencies

Article L1431-3

A decree may create inter-regional health agencies and entrust inter-regional powers to one or more regional health agencies.A Conseil d'Etat decree may entrust a single regional health agency with th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Groupings of tourist municipalities and classified tourist resorts.

Article L134-3

The provisions of articles L. 133-11 and L. 133-12 are applicable to groupings of communes or to fractions of groupings of communes constituting a single, continuous territory. The provisions of artic…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-3

All offers and sales of the services referred to in Article L. 211-1 must be accompanied by appropriate documents complying with the rules laid down in this section.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: National approval for social and family tourism organisations.

Article R412-3

…ars.The decision granting approval is published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Tourism and in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Social Affairs.Approved bodies are authorised to pub…

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