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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: General measures

Article L412-1

…ed; 3° Methods of presentation or inscriptions of any kind on the goods themselves, packaging, invoices, commercial documents or promotional documents, in particular concerning: the method of producti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 769

An entry shall be made in the criminal record of sentences or exemptions from sentences handed down after deferral of sentence, pardons, commutations or reductions of sentences, decisions suspending o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1221-4

…risation pursuant to Article L. 1221-3 is required to declare and carry out its activity in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 6316-1 to L. 6316-5 and L. 6351-1 to L. 6363-2 of the Labour C…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

…ated taking into account all the quantifiable risks to which the undertaking is exposed, with the exception of risks relating to the operations referred to in Articles L. 143-1 and L. 310-14, Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Valuation of assets

Article A343-2-1

…hall inform the Authority, by registered letter, for each of the aforementioned items, whether it accepts the expert appointed by the Authority as the sole expert, whose conclusion will be binding on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

…ing shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1° Article L. 561-1 ; 2° Article L. 561-2 with the exception of its 1° quater, 6° bis, 9° bis only for gaming or betting operators authorised on the basi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-57

Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 561-46, the persons with access to all information relating to beneficial owners are as follows: 1° Judicial officers, for the purposes of carrying out th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

…ble for the reproduction of works for private use, when these media are put into circulation in France.This remuneration is also paid by the publisher of a radio or television service or its distribut…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…the chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board, the chief executive officer or the deputy chief executive officer of a société anonyme, chairman or manager of a société par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12

The maximum allowances voted by the council or committee of a syndicat de communes, communauté de communes, communauté urbaine, communauté d'agglomération and métropole for the actual performance of t…

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