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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2422-1

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, Title I of Book II is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 2212-3, and the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-7

When the beneficiary of health insurance is an unemancipated minor or an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the rights provided for in this sub-sec…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-5

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in l'article 706-96 sont :the national directorate of th…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-9

The rules relating to the determination, by the deliberative assembly of a mixed syndicate with competence for the creation and management of a Nordic site dedicated to cross-country skiing and non-mo…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L611-3

Mediation of consumer disputes does not apply to:1° Disputes between professionals;2° Complaints made by the consumer to the professional's customer service department;3° Direct negotiations between t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibited commercial practices

Article R121-1

In the event that the premiums mentioned in article L. 121-19 are made up of objects distributed with the aim of meeting environmental requirements, these objects are fully recyclable, whether they ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other authorised persons.

Article L5414-1

The agents mentioned in article L. 511-3 and in 1° and 2° of I of article L. 511-22 of the French Consumer Code are authorised to investigate and record infringements and breaches of the laws and regu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of unemployment benefit

Article R1235-2

I.-For the application of article L. 1235-4, when the judgment ordering the offending employer to reimburse all or part of the unemployment benefits is enforceable, Pôle emploi may give formal notice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-1

For the implementation of the provisions contained in articles R. 2324-34 and R. 2324-35, the collective crèches mentioned in 1° of II of article R. 2324-17 form their teams in such a way as to comply…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1-1: Single integration contract.

Article L5134-19-1

The contrat unique d'insertion (single integration contract) is an employment contract concluded between an employer and an employee under the conditions set out in sub-section 3 of sections 2 and 5 o…

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