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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cigarette packaging units

Article R3512-22

…it is made of cardboard or a flexible, parallelepiped-shaped material, the characteristics of which may be specified by order. II-The unit pack complies with the size requirements for the health warni…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-20

…ed to ask for the digital content or service to be brought into conformity beforehand. The contract may not be rescinded, however. However, the contract may not be rescinded if the lack of conformity…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-22

The requirements of article R. 2224-14 must be met, in Mayotte, by 31 December 2020 at the latest for wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.

Article D214-227

The statement provided for in the first paragraph of V of Article L. 214-169 shall include the following information: 1° The name "deed of assignment of receivables" ; 2° A statement that the assignme…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Precautionary measures taken after the opening of an estate

Article 1305

Preservatory measures may be requested: 1° By the spouse or partner in a civil solidarity pact; 2° By all those claiming to have a succession claim; 3° By the executor of the will or the agent appoint…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

…ion for which it is responsible under articles L. 1142-15, L. 1142-18, L. 1142-24-7 and L. 1142-24-16. The Office is also responsible for compensating damage directly attributable to compulsory vaccin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-21

…company agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 2232-12 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the employer and the soci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-2

I.- By way of derogation, the new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-21

…ader of his decision to withdraw by sending, before expiry of the period provided for in Article L. 221-18, the withdrawal form referred to in 7° of article L. 221-5 or any other unambiguous statement…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals resident in France since the age of thirteen

Article L423-21

…he year following their eighteenth birthday or if they are covered by the provisions of article L. 421-35, foreign nationals who can prove by any means whatsoever that they have habitually resided in…

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