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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Customer due diligence and liability.

Article L4231-1

…o collective accommodation conditions incompatible with human dignity, as referred to inarticle 225-14 of the French Penal Code, shall immediately instruct it in writing to put an end to this situatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-24

…rogéologue agréé en matière d'hygiène publique under the conditions provided for in article R. 1321-14, specially appointed for this purpose, submits a summary report drawn up by the Director General…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-84

…ejudice to any other useful indications and in particular those provided for by articles 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of the loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966 relative aux sociétés civiles professionn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of health monitoring and health safety in the regions

Article R1413-59

…lth Agency shall organise, in conjunction with the persons and structures referred to in Article R. 1413-62 and the regional response units referred to in Article L. 1413-2, the collection and transmi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

…no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-13 article 209 of law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 law no. 2005-845 of 26 July 2005 L. 313…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-25

…refuse renewal only on condition that he pays the eviction compensation provided for in Article L. 145-14, unless the lessee can prove a serious and legitimate reason against the lessee.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-15

…at the collective management organisation has taken all the measures provided for in article L. 324-14 to identify and locate the beneficiaries, these sums are deemed to be part of the sums that canno…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-19

…State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods likely to constitute an in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-20

The processing of personal data mentioned in article R. 332-14 implemented by the organisers of profit-making sporting events must be declared to the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libe…

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