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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-14

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 217-25 to L. 217-27 relating to after-sales services is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Complementary local currency certificates

Article L311-6

Issuers and managers of complementary local currency securities are subject to Title I of Book V when the issue or management of these securities falls within the scope of the payment banking services…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L318-3

…nking transactions by one of the persons referred to in 4° of article L. 318-2 is subject to the provisions of the Consumer Code and this Code relating to advertising, canvassing and pre-contractual i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL AGENCY FOR TERRITORIAL COHESION

Article R1231-3

…l assist the regional prefect and the departmental prefect in implementing the actions mentioned in V of Article 36 and in the second paragraph of article 41 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Temporary work

Article R1262-17

…territory, of wages and related benefits, as well as allowances resulting from chapter one of title V.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4321-49-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this sub-section, elections to the regional and inter-regional councils of the Order of masseur-physiotherapists take place under the conditions provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4321-38-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this sub-section, elections to the Conseil national de l'ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes are held under the conditions provided for in Chapter V of Titl…

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French Customs CodeIn force
E. - Fifth class.

Article 413 ter

A fine of 1,500 euros shall be imposed for obstructing access to, or the reading or seizure of, computerised records or documents, as referred to in b and c of 2 of Article 64, in cases other than tho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for systemic medicinal treatments for cancer

Article R6123-94-1-1

The establishment authorised to provide systemic medicinal treatments for cancer with a C rating complies with the obligations imposed on holders of authorisations for medicine caring for children and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-16

The declarations provided for in articles…

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