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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D512-6

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers may be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 rela…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

The following may be recipients of information and personal data recorded in the national file of persons prohibited from managing: 1° Pursuant to 3° of Article L. 128-2 :a) Judicial police officers o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-6

For the application of articles L. 132-2 and L. 132-3 the court may ask both the parties and the advertiser to provide all relevant documents.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-66

I.-At the time of each general renewal, the regional chamber of commerce and industry and the territorial chamber of commerce and industry carry out an economic weighting study, each insofar as it is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-6

The term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, appointed for three years, is renewable once. This provision shall not prevent the Chairman from holding a directorship before or after hi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan.

Article L3333-6

Notwithstanding the provisions of 2° of Article L. 3332-15, the inter-company savings plan may not provide for the acquisition of units in mutual funds governed by Article L. 214-165 of the Monetary a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-3

…ost-authorisation safety or efficacy studies, or specific monitoring of the risk, its complications and its medico-social management, as provided for in Article L. 5121-8-1. The Director General of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duration of the contract

Article D1242-6

…t was granted. If the authorisation is renewed, the maximum duration is extended by the same amount and the term of the contract may be postponed as many times as the authorisation is renewed. For the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-6

Within a period of eight days, and under penalty of nullity, the seizure is brought to the attention of the debtor by a bailiff's deed. Under penalty of being declared null and void, this act shall co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Children with variations in genital development

Article L2131-6

…shes the diagnosis as well as the possible therapeutic proposals, including therapeutic abstention, and their foreseeable consequences, in application of the principle of proportionality mentioned ina…

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