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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-28

The fact, for any trader, of submitting to a consumer an offer for the conclusion of any contract or group of contracts mentioned in articles L. 224-69 and L. 224-70, not in accordance with the provis…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Buildings where the lowest floor of the last storey is more than eight metres above ground level

Article R4216-28

The provisions of this section apply taking into account the classification of construction materials and elements according to their behaviour in fire, as defined in articles…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: EC declaration of conformity, production quality assurance.

Article R5221-28

…ocedure, production quality assurance, the manufacturer must submit to an authorized body for verification the manufacturing quality system which he has set up to ensure conformity of the in vitro dia…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-28

Applications must be submitted to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris by a date set by prefectoral order. This order also sets the deadline for sending or, where applicable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-28

If several confiscation orders issued against the same person relate either to a sum of money and that person does not have sufficient assets in France for all the orders to be enforced, or to the sam…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-28

The terms and conditions for the application of this sub-section are specified, unless otherwise stipulated, by joint order of the Ministers of Health and Higher Education and the Minister of Defence.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-28

In the first paragraph of Article R. 713-28, the words: "to the territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry" are replaced by the words: "to the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon chamber of agric…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-28

The decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal or its first president are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by the court registry to the parties to the proceedings, and, where…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect organises, within six months of acquiring French nationality, a ceremony to welcome into French citizenship for the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Treatment of over-indebtedness and payment incidents

Article R721-28

In order to carry out the tasks assigned to the Banque de France by Article R. 131-42 in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer (French…

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