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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Punishment of public drunkenness.

Article L3341-4

In pubs that close between 2am and 7am, one or more alcohol screening devices must be made available to the public.In takeaway outlets, these devices are offered for sale close to the alcoholic bevera…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-41

Excluded from communication to the public are: - draft decisions and opinions, as well as documents not communicated to the applicant used in the preparation of these decisions and opinions; - documen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions and components of the public employment service.

Article L5311-4

The following may also participate in the public employment service: 1° Public or private bodies whose purpose is to provide services relating to the placement, integration, training and support of jo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Competent authority.

Article R1123-41

The sponsor shall inform the National Commission for Research Involving the Human Person and the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products without delay of situations in which it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-42

The players involved in the monitoring system relating to medically assisted procreation are: 1° The Agence de la biomédecine; 2° Health establishments, medical biology laboratories and organisations…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions independent of protective measures

Article 414-3

Anyone who has caused damage to others while under the influence of a mental disorder is no less obliged to make reparation.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal settlements

Article R523-4

If at the end of the period mentioned in article R. 523-3, the offender has refused the proposal or has not responded to it, the administrative authority shall inform the public prosecutor without del…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4

Failure by the manufacturer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, whose registered office is located on French territory, to register…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-42

If, as a result of losses recorded in the accounting documents, the company's shareholders' equity falls below half of the share capital, the shareholders shall decide, within four months of the appro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Despecialisation.

Article L145-49

The request made to the lessor must, on pain of nullity, include an indication of the activities whose exercise is envisaged. It shall be made by extrajudicial act or by registered letter with acknowl…

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