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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L7121-16

…m all the artists making up the cast of the performance, in breach of the provisions of article L. 7121-12, is punishable, in the event of a repeat offence, by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-7

The list of members of the Commission nationale de discipline des membres des tribunaux de commerce shall be published in the Journal officiel de la République française by order of the First Presiden…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-15

…sary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-73

…ion nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4

…health centres, by the parties to the agreements referred to in articles L. 162-5, L. 162-9, L. 162-12-2, L. 162-12-9, L. 162-14 and L. 162-32-1 of the Social Security Code; in other cases, they are a…

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

Article D4163-30-1

…1 relating to the competence of the regional inter-professional joint committee; 3° Article R. 6323-12 relating to prior positioning, only if the professional retraining project provides for the compl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…f the Member State of the European Union in which the consumer has his residence or habitual abode; 12° An indication of the language or languages used between the consumer and the trader concerning a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Equity securities.

Article R228-52

…any in the Trade and Companies Register and the information provided for in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237 ; 6° The company's normal expiry date; 7° The amount, at the time of issue, of the securitie…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1541-2

…20 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2016-1067 of 3 August 2016, with the exception of III of Article R. 1111-18, subject to the followin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d'économie mixte locales, provided they do not cha…

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