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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 221-12, a trader who contacts a consumer by telephone with a view to concluding a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of a service shall i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

…dustries. These grants constitute subsidies within the meaning ofarticle 9-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations, and the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-8

Under terms specified by the decree provided for in article 706-53-12, the file manager shall directly notify the Ministry of the Interior, which shall immediately forward the information to the compe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-19

…of the sentencing decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in article 728-12 and, where applicable, a copy of the record of the hearing of the convicted person and the record…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-23

…the company, concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2232-12, may define the respective powers of the central social and economic committee and the establishm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Schools of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-20

…similar; 3° The college of teachers. Article L. 2324-11 and the second paragraph of Article L. 2324-12 of the Labour Code do not apply to these committees. As an exception to articles L. 2327-4 and L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Supplementary protection certificate

Article R617-2-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-1

…ned in article R. 1110-2 and who is not part of the care team within the meaning of article L. 1110-12, this professional obtains the person's consent to share this data in accordance with the followi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-108

The filing provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 123-105 includes also for joint stock companies only:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-18

…the Extraordinary General Meeting called to vote on the conversion provided for in articles L. 228-12, L. 228-14 and in the second paragraph of article L. 228-15 sets out the terms of the conversion,…

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