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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on tobacco product packaging

Article R3512-26

I. - In addition to the health warnings provided for in Article L. 3512-22 and the warnings relating to the impact on the environment of the abandonment of waste resulting from the consumption of toba…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Disengagement operations relating to agricultural or first-processed products

Article L122-24

Any advertising carried out outside shops relating to a clearance operation for food products or categories of food products defined by decree, with the exception of fresh fruit and vegetables, involv…

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

Article R721-26

…ceives from the Banque de France the information it gathers under the provisions of Articles R. 131-26 to R. 131-31 and R. 131-33 to R. 131-37;2° Carries out the tasks devolved to the Banque de France…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…ny person who ships waste or has waste shipped to another State pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste;2. Any oper…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-6

…rtment team, he or she will work within the framework of the agreement provided for in article D. 6124-26-8. In the case other than that provided for in the first paragraph, a psychiatrist may be cont…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

Subject to the provisions of article 20-1, the following are judicial police officers: 1° Members of the national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police offi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-26

The financial guarantee provided for in a of II of article L. 211-18 is the result of a written guarantee undertaking given :1° Either by a collective guarantee body with legal personality, by means o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to economic and financial control

Article R112-26

…ject to economic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955. An order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget designates…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are reproduced below: "Art. L. 324-2-I.-The act, including negligence, of putting or keeping in circulation a motorised land vehicle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Direct marketing of banking and financial services

Article D754-20

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 341-1n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005D. 341-2 to D. 341-4 with the exception of the second paragraphNo. 2019-12…

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