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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-26

The provisions of article L. 521-18 apply to the provision of services.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-23

…event of serious or immediate danger and where the provision of services is not regulated pursuant to Book IV, the administrative authority shall take the necessary emergency measures by order. If ne…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L532-2

Failure to comply within the allotted time with an injunction relating to offences or breaches found with the powers mentioned in article L. 511-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to members of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-23

For the application of all the provisions establishing incompatibilities between certain electoral mandates or elective functions, the functions of member of the Executive Council of Corsica are assim…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Intermediaries or persons authorised to - hold financial instruments

Article R773-26

Article R. 542-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to members of the Executive Council.

Article R4422-2

Articles R. 4135-1 to R. 4135-8 are applicable to the President and members of the Corsican Executive Council. For the application of article R. 4135-4, the duration of the hours credited for one quar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the adult critical care modality

Article D6124-28

I. - The hospitalisation sector of a critical care unit comprises a minimum number of beds determined as follows : 1° At least eight beds for the intensive care unit referred to in 1° of article R. 61…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-25-2

The provisions of articles R. 1233-8 and R. 1233-9 are applicable to the term of office of staff representatives on the committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Accepted divorce

Article 234

If the judge is satisfied that each of the spouses has freely given their consent, the judge shall grant the divorce and rule on its consequences.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Accepted divorce

Article 233

…here they accept the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it. It may be requested by one or other of the spouses or by both when each of them, assisted by…

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