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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall rule on the opposition after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase, under the conditions defined by decr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-5

The retention of pay slips may be waived to take account of the use of other means, in particular computerised means, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 8113-6.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Other control measures.

Article L3114-5

An order by the Minister for Health establishes and updates the list of departments where conditions have been identified which give rise to a risk of development of human diseases transmitted by inse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-5

Propaganda or advertising in favour of an organisation, service, activity, product or article other than tobacco, a tobacco product or an ingredient defined in article L. 3512-2 is considered to be in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L3513-5

…to sell or offer vaping products free of charge to minors under the age of eighteen in tobacconists and any other shops or public places. The person supplying one of these products must require the cu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R223-5

…n corresponding to the organisation's annual costs associated with collecting, registering, storing and managing consumer telephone numbers as provided for in article R. 223-2 and the frequency of use…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 ter

…anufactured tobacco products, including when the purchaser is located abroad, is prohibited in mainland France and the overseas departments. The acquisition, introduction from another Member State of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568 bis

…rticle 568, in the overseas departments, from 1 January 2019 only persons who are qualified traders and hold a licence granted on behalf of the department by the president of the departmental council…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 572 bis

…l selling price of products sold by the resellers referred to in the first paragraph of article 568 and products delivered to travellers by the purchaser-resellers designated in the twelfth paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-5

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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