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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Additional dispensing of oral contraceptives by pharmacists

Article R5134-4-2

…s contraceptives pursuant to article R. 5134-4-1 : 1° He may not, in application of article R. 5132-12 and under the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of article R. 5132-14, dispense on a single occas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Sale of a business.

Article R141-1

…cation in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12 contains the information mentioned in Article R. 123-211. The publication in a medium authorised…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…o the adaptations provided for in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L773-9

…513-4 with the exception of 1 of I, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-15 to L. 513-17 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specialised credit institutions

Article L774-9

…513-4 with the exception of 1 of I, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-15 to L. 513-17 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specialised credit institutions

Article L775-8

…L. 513-4 with the exception of I.1, L. 513-6 to L. 513-11 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 June 2021 L. 513-12 to L. 513-14 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 513-15 to L. 513-17 Order no. 2021-858 of 30 J…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…risk sub-module according to the standard formula without the option provided for in Article R. 352-12, the standard parameters to be used for the shares referred to in Article 173 of Commission Deleg…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…han that with which goods, digital content or digital services of the same type are normally used; >12° Durability: the ability of a good, digital content or digital service to function with hardware…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…l and smelting works; 10° Soluble mineral cadmium compounds; 11° Chlorine gas, excluding compounds; 12° Chloromethane (or methyl chloride); 13° Vinyl chloride during polymerisation; 14° Mercury dichlo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-4

…spect of an employee in disregard of the provisions of this chapter or of II of Article 10-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life is…

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