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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-45

…place the legal entity under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in articles 139 and 140 by subjecting it to one or more of the following obligations:

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-4

…satisfying the conditions laid down in Articles L. 312-18, L. 312-21, L. 312-28, L. 312-29, L. 312-43 and, for account overdraft transactions, by articles L. 312-85 to L. 312-87 and L. 312-92, shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4

…rthing centres are health facilities in which midwives, under the conditions set out in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4151-4 relating to the practice of their profession, give birth to women whose pregnan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Billing for services

Article D7233-4

…their address, the number of the account debited, where applicable, and the amount actually paid; 4° A summary of the services provided, showing the name and identifier code of the service provider,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Electronic identification of users of digital health services

Article L1470-4

…directory of legal entities administered by the public interest group mentioned in article L. 1111-24. The ministers responsible for health, social action and defence define by decree the conditions f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-4

The Governor of the Banque de France sends his proposals under 4°, 4° bis, 4° ter and 5° of Article L. 631-2-1 to the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, who places them on the agenda for the n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-4

The press release provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 430-3 contains the following in particular:1° The names of the undertakings concerned and the groups to which they belong;2° The nat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

…s certificate, subject to implementing the necessary safety measures as defined in 3° of Article R. 4461-7. He shall record this intervention in the individual hyperbaric logbook of the worker concern…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to pharmaceutical companies, organisations and establishments

Article R5124-45

…ieties and pharmacies for internal use, the companies or organisations authorised under 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 6° (with the exception of intermediate products), 8°, 12° and 14° of article R. 5124-2 suppl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Probationary measures

Article R615-4

…te or certificate of addition or, in the case provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 615-4, a certified copy of the application for a patent, supplementary protection certificate, utility c…

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