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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-2

…ood faith, reported or witnessed such acts may be subject to the measures mentioned in Article L. 1121-2. The persons mentioned in the first paragraph of this article benefit from the protections prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-3

III of Article 8 and Articles 10-1 and 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life are applicable to any natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-1

…32-7 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree No 2016-1118 of 11 August 2016 on the procedures for expressing refusal of organ removal after death, s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of human body parts and products

Article R1542-3

…R. 1241-2 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016-1118 of 11 August 2016 on the procedures for expressing refusal of organ removal after deat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-26

…provided for in Article R. 712-14 ;3° The declaration of withdrawal provided for in Article R. 712-21 or renunciation provided for in Article R. 714-1;4° The renewal declaration provided for in Artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…e, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-17

…he event of a decision to acquit, or, in the case provided for in the last paragraph of Article 495-21, of sentencing to a penalty other than a fine or to a fine less than the amount of the deposit, t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-3

…n an area between France's land border with the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 and a line drawn twenty kilometres below;2° In the parking areas of motorway sections star…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-24

After the ethics interview provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 722-21, the judge has a period of eight days to amend, if necessary, his declaration of interests and to forward it in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-6

…processed by the trader, a failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fich…

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