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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-51

…ited calls and text messages from professionals and the telephone number of the sender. This system may be pooled by several of the providers mentioned in the first paragraph. These providers aggregat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-51

…to parental leave.However, during the period of part-time work or when it is extended, the employee may not change the working hours initially chosen, except with the employer's agreement or where exp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-54

…vided for in Article L. 237-14.Legal actions directed against all the bondholders of the same group may only be brought against the representative of that group.Any legal action brought contrary to th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L752-5

…ign national whose right to remain in France has ended in application of b or d of 1° of article L. 542-2 and who is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory may, und…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-5

…hire, with or without a promise to sell, or any other form of distribution.Persons whose liability may be sought on the basis of articles 1792 à 1792-6 and 1646-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-57

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in its capacity as group supervisor may authorise the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising.

Article L511-58

…protest notice or the certificate of non-payment from the statement drawn up pursuant to Article L. 511-56, the deletion of the protest notice or the certificate of non-payment. The deposited document…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-5

…e person speaks and understands that language.Exceptionally, an oral translation or an oral summary may be made of the essential documents that must be handed over or notified to the person pursuant t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-5

Articles L. 5127-2 first paragraph, L. 5411-1, L. 5411-2, L. 5411-3, L. 5412-1, L. 5413-1 and L. 5425-1 are applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, subject to the following amendments: a) In…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L764-5

…wording resulting from L. 424-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 424-3 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 424-4 to L. 424-8 Order no. 2016-827 of 23…

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