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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-6

Cosmetic products are subject to vigilance designed to monitor all undesirable effects and misuse resulting from their use. This vigilance is applied to all these products once they have been placed o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Account overdrafts

Article R312-32

…e, an indication that the borrower may be asked to repay the full amount of the credit at any time; 10° The charges and the method of calculating the charges that the creditor may request from the bor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-92

If a company carries out a transaction requiring the application of Article L. 228-99, it shall inform the holders of the rights attached to the securities giving access to the capital concerned by me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation of a European holding company.

Article R229-15

The proposed formation of a European holding company is the subject, by each company registered in France that participates in the transaction, of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-5

…urs for one quarter is equal:1° To one hundred and forty hours for mayors of communes with at least 10,000 inhabitants and deputy mayors of communes with at least 30,000 inhabitants;2° To one hundred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-1

…llowing articles are applicable to requests for vocational retraining projects: 1° Articles R. 6323-10, R. 6323-10-1, R. 6323-10-2 and R. 6323-10-4 relating to the procedures for requesting leave, wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 1

Heading 1-General administration 10. Consignment and financial investment of certain funds 101. Consignment Agreement or court decision having the force of res judicata (1) or, where applicable, consi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…nt, proven and serious searches for rightholders, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 113-10, in the Member State of the European Union where the first publication or, in the absence thereof…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R79

…9° bis To the public administrations of the State responsible for policing weapons and explosives; 10° To the councils of the order of doctors, dental surgeons, midwives and pharmacists dealing with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6

…n Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal produ…

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