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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-41

The medical devices listed in this section are medical devices within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contentious appeals

Article R2122-26

The decision of the Director General of Labour referred to in article R. 2122-23 may be contested by the elector or by a representative appointed by the elector. It shall be brought before the judicia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formal notice to reduce the interval between periodic inspections.

Article R4721-11

The Labour Inspectorate inspector may give the employer formal notice to reduce the interval between inspections of work equipment or categories of work equipment as provided for in the orders referre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to land transport.

Article R6314-4

Any person holding the authorisation provided for inArticle R. 6312-11 is liable to a fine of the third class: 1° Failing to keep an up-to-date list of its staff, specifying their qualifications, and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-43

…rovided for by article 712-6, including in the case of a person sentenced for acts committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom the first judicial supervision was ordered by the sentence enforcement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-15

…person responsible for the damage is not insured or the insurance cover provided for in article L. 1142-2 has been exhausted or has expired, the Office instituted in article L. 1142-22 is substituted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for the fungibility of appropriations

Article L1434-8

…he regional health agencies and which correspond to the expenditure targets defined in articles L. 314-3 and L. 314-3-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles (Social Action and Family Code)…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE VI: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SHAREHOLDING OF AIR TRANSPORT COMPANIES.

Article L360-2

…such a change, of a change in its effective control, within the meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) no. 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers, annexed to this code, it shall inform the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-1

…the contestation. The statement shall be signed by its author. Where the provisions of article L. 714-1, the same letter informs the lessor that, in the absence of any dispute on his part, the person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

Pursuant to the fourth paragraph of the I of Article L. 1245-5, when the elements or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 do not benefit from the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2, estab…

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