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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-3

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under article L. 132-2 shall also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the terms set out in Article 131-27 of the Criminal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-31

The activity of statutory auditor carried out on an individual basis under the conditions provided for by this title entails the affiliation of the person carrying it out to the autonomous organisatio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-3

Where a single filing relates to several designs, the products in which these designs are intended to be incorporated or to which they are intended to be applied must fall within the same class, withi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information obligations on the establishment

Article R3211-31

I.-The information provided for in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 3222-5-1 concerning the renewal of a seclusion or restraint measure is delivered without delay and by any means that enables…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-33

The purpose of the automated processing mentioned in article R. 6323-32 is to enable : 1° The management and control of rights acquired under the personal training account and under the individual rig…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30

In the event of the opening of safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation proceedings in respect of a credit institution or an investment firm, the guarantee fund and the depositors are exempt from the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-31

…reorganisation and liquidation of credit institutions and investment firms set out in articles L. 613-25 to L. 613-30 and L. 211-10 do not apply to legal proceedings opened before 29 June 1999.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Monitoring temperatures in means of transport and warehousing and storage premises for quick-frozen foodstuffs

Article R412-35

The provisions of Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 of 12 January 2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foods…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial representatives who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)

Article R812-3

The provisions set out in articles R. 811-3, R. 811-4, R. 811-5 and R. 811-6 relating to elections to the national commission of court-appointed administrators and their alternates are applicable to e…

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