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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Commissions attached to the National Consumer Institute

Article L822-6

The commission recommends deleting or amending clauses that are unfair.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-6

The following are treated as periods of presence, regardless of the method of distribution adopted by the agreement: 1° Periods of maternity leave provided for in Article L. 1225-17, paternity and chi…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

When the property concerned by article L. 1321-1 are the property of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la ré…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6

Making available to the public an automatic device for dispensing alcoholic beverages is punishable by a fine of €3,750.The machine used to commit the offence will be seized and the court will order i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-6

The unlawful obtaining, use or disclosure of business secrets, within the meaning of articles L. 151-4, L. 151-5 and L. 151-6, by a purchaser of agricultural and food products is punishable by an admi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-6

The local commission in charge of evaluating the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department calculates the theoretical metropolitan net savings rate that would result from the transfe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-6

For the processing mentioned in articles 65 and 72 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, the provision of data from the components of the na…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-6

The obtaining, use or disclosure of a business secret shall also be deemed unlawful where, at the time of obtaining, using or disclosing the secret, a person knew, or ought to have known in the circum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-6

However, for the application of article L. 1612-5, a budget whose operating section includes or recovers a surplus and whose investment section is in real balance, after recovery for each of the secti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: French Paralympic and Sports Committee

Article L141-6

The French Paralympic and Sports Committee is an association of sports federations involved in the organisation of sports for people with disabilities. It ensures compliance with the rules of the Para…

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