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

Article L217-16

…d contracts. The respective obligations of the parties to the contract, mentioned in article L. 224-25-22 and relating to the consequences of rescission for digital content and digital services, are a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

…003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, which are not wholesale energy products, within the meaning of Article 2(4) of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-82

Aid recipients are production companies which, in addition to the general conditions mentioned in article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…orce on the date of publication of the decree referred to in the second paragraph, and by 1 January 2017 at the latest. Failure to comply with this article is punishable by a fine of €37,500, which ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-27

…r supplying the software, the conditions for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° of Article 230-25 and the procedures under which interested persons may exercise their right of access.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Health of prisoners

Article D382

…nformed by the head of the prison, under the conditions set out in the provisions of Article D. 115-25 of the same code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-34

The training of coordinators provided for in articles R. 4532-25 and R. 4532-26 may be provided by the Organisme professionnel de prévention dans le bâtiment et les travaux publics and by training bod…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation and declaration

Article L331-6

Organising a sporting event under the conditions set out in article L. 331-5 without the authorisation of the delegating federation is punishable by a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-21

Failure by the directors of an electronic money institution to prepare accounts in consolidated form, pursuant to article L. 526-37, is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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