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Showing 47714780 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventing obesity and overweight

Article D3232-6

Campaigns conducted by the Agence nationale de santé publique and the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail are not subject to the provisions of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article R3515-6

Selling or offering vaping products free of charge to minors in tobacco shops or any other business or public place in breach of the prohibition laid down in article L. 3513-5 is punishable by a fourt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: State aid and agreements.

Article R5313-6

An agreement is signed between the regional prefect and the job centre. This agreement specifies the objectives to be achieved, the resources to be used, the duration of the agreement and the budget o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-6

The recordings shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record shall be drawn up of the dest…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to minors and adults

Article 1234-6

Family council meetings are not public. Members of the family council are bound by an obligation of secrecy towards third parties.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Consultation of automated data processing for the purposes of customs controls

Article 67 sexies

…the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code, and postal service providers shall transmit to the Directorate-General for Customs and Indirect Taxa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…e L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Article 260 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 No…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-6

The appropriations are voted by chapter and, if the Metropolitan Council so decides, by article. In both these cases, the Metropolitan Council may, however, specify that certain appropriations are spe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-30

The Nuclear Safety Authority and the radiation protection inspectors shall monitor compliance with the provisions of this chapter, Articles L. 5212-1 and L. 5212-2 relating to the use of medical devic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Monitoring and penalties

Article L1333-32

…to check compliance with the limit values set, pursuant to 12° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, in order to protect the population exposed. The procedures for c…

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