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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

…he penalties may be combined up to the limit of the highest amount of one of the penalties incurred;6° Failure to comply with the rules of good practice defined in the decisions or orders issued in ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-18

…st paragraph of Article L. 224-43 allows electronic communications operators, within the meaning of 6° of article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, operating one or more val…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Radon management in establishments open to the public

Article D1333-32

…the army hospitals mentioned in article L. 6147-7 ; b) The establishments mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4°, 6°, 7° and 12° of I of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L1811-3

I.-The provisions of Chapter I of the single title of Book I of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below are applicable to the communes and their groupings in French Polynesia, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-3-1

I.-Establishments or organisations which apply for or are authorised to carry out activities involving the preservation and distribution of tissues and their derivatives in accordance with Article L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Judgments in accelerated proceedings on the merits

Article 481-1

…summons to be served at a time that he shall specify, even on public holidays or non-working days; 6° The judgment shall be enforceable as of right on a provisional basis under the conditions provide…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-14

…s modifications; 5° The financial account and the allocation of the results for the financial year; 6° The annual activity report drawn up by the Director General; 7° The categories of agreements whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

No person may be excluded from a recruitment or appointment procedure or from access to an internship or period of training in a company, and no employee may be penalised, dismissed or subjected to a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L311-8

I.-The collège de résolution shall draw up individual or group preventive resolution plans only for persons required to draw up a preventive recovery plan pursuant to the provisions of I of Article L.…

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