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Showing 41614170 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4362-5

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by opticians who are required to make a declaration under article L. 4362-7.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-58

A failure by the lender to repay the sums due under article L. 315-15 on expiry of the term when the debt is less than the value of the property, is punishable by a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-4

…in a specifically identified place containing items covered by national defence secrecy, the search may only be carried out by a magistrate in the presence of the Chairman of the National Defence Secr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…director and the personnel responsible for carrying out the assessment and verification operations may not be the designer, manufacturer, supplier, installer or user of the devices they inspect, nor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-5

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of Article L. 5211-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under…

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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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article R214-51

For the purposes of calculating the 15% limit referred to in 1° of II of article L. 214-28, the denominator is the higher of the following two amounts: the fund's net assets or the paid-up amount of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski lift equipment.

Article L2333-53

…he municipal tax are allocated, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2333-52 : 1° A des interventions favorisant le développement agricole et forestier en montagne ; 2° Aux d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sexual harassment.

Article L1153-5-1

In all companies employing at least two hundred and fifty people, a representative is appointed to guide, inform and support employees in the fight against sexual harassment and gender-based harassmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5-1

…t relationship. An employee who has not received the information referred to in the first paragraph may only apply to the competent court to obtain this information after giving formal notice to his e…

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