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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-40

…ayment of the bill of exchange within the period provided for in article 41 of the decree-law of 30 October 1935 unifying the law on cheques and relating to payment cards. The protest in the absence o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 20: Reinforced official import controls

Article R412-36

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of off…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Legal status of acts taken by municipal authorities.

Article D2573-11

…SULTING FROM R. 2131-1, R. 2131-2-A, R. 2131-2-B, R. 2131-3 and R. 2131-4 decree no. 2021-1311 of 7 October 2021 R. 2131-5 and R. 2131-6 decree no. 2016-360 of 25 March 2016 R. 2131-7 decree no. 2005-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

…tion of vocational training funds; 5° The additional collective guarantees mentioned in article L. 912-1 of the Social Security Code; 6° The measures set out in article L. 3121-14, in 1° of article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…enalty imposed for the breaches mentioned in 9° and 14° to 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and in 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnove…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…register in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of articles R. 626-25 and R. 642-12 of the same code or, failing that, those for which the debtors are entered in the Trade and Compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-4

…security and, for applications relating to a medicinal product mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, with the excepti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Permanent resident card

Article L426-4

At the expiry of the resident card provided for in articles L. 423-6, L. 423-10, L. 423-11, L. 423-12, L. 423-16, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-13, L. 424-21, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…n the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-12 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-12-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 313-12-2 Order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-15

…hority of the person in charge or the person responsible for the activities mentioned in article R. 1243-12. These establishments have at least : 1° A person responsible for preparation. Only persons…

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