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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 bis

Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interoperability and security of digital health services

Article L1470-5

…ital health services intended for use by the legal entities and natural persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article L. 1470-1 must comply with the interoperability and security reference frameworks draw…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Involvement of the guarantee fund

Article R421-51

…of the portfolio of contracts has been the subject of a portfolio transfer pursuant to article L. 421-9-2, the transferee company submits to the guarantee fund a request for payment corresponding to…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-5

Private health establishments other than those mentioned in 3° and 4° of article L. 6112-3 which are authorised to provide care to patients in emergency situations are associated with the public hospi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4311-54

…cted by the nurses registered on the roll of the Order of the department concerned by the election; 2° Regional or interregional representatives are elected by the full members of the departmental or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-5

…in respect of commitments covered by the auxiliary allocation accounts referred to in Article L. 142-4 may not claim any right over the assets and rights resulting from the accounting records in thes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-55

…om the first intermittent employee onwards. The percentage of the contribution may not be less than 2% of the remuneration paid during the current year. Remuneration is defined in accordance with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-5

I. - In addition to their obligations under Article 23 of the above-mentioned Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, any responsible person and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-55

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