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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

…9, L. 224-40, L. 224-42 and the I of article L. 224-42-3 of the Consumer Code and the article L. 34-15 du code des postes et des communications électroniques apply to all elements of the bundled offer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…f weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery defined by articles L. 1333-13-5, L. 2339-15, L. 2341-2 and L. 2341-4 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2342-60 of the Defence Code may b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-8

…m the exemption provided for in article L. 242-4-3 of the same code or articles L. 741-4 and L. 741-15 of the rural and maritime fishing code insofar as they refer to article L. 242-4-3 of the social…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-33

…ren's issues. When an association is considering a change to the list mentioned in 7° of Article R. 15-33-32 or to appoint a natural person who has not been personally authorised to carry out the task…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article D7121-7

…and development of his or her career, the ceiling mentioned in the previous paragraph is raised to 15%. The employment contract signed between the artist and the employer specifies which party is res…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-2

…ordance with Article L. 54-10-3, applicants must send the following information to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The identity of the persons referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 54-10-3, d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-10

…defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 214-24-9, the General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall stipulate the conditions under which the depositary may discharge its respo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R444-2

…the profession": sum of the results of the professionals of a profession, in respect of a tax year;15° "Turnover of the profession": cumulative sum of the emoluments and fees received by the professi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-17

The provisions of articles L. 1612-15 and L. 1612-16 are not applicable to the entry and payment of compulsory expenditure resulting, for local authorities, their groupings and their public establishm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-5

…e breaches are punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. The fine is imposed under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title…

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