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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

…ice in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union. II.-The intermediaries refe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1532-3

…Territories, article L. 1221-4 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1221-4. - Blood, its components and their derivatives may not be distributed or used without biological analyses and screening tests for trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other criminal provisions.

Article L4163-9

The creation and use for commercial canvassing or promotional purposes of files composed from data derived directly or indirectly from medical prescriptions or medical information mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-199

Organisations or companies exploiting blood-derived medicinal products which have knowledge of adverse reactions likely to be due to these medicinal products inform the Director General of the Agence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-31

…s apply 1° Incident: an accident or error related to activities involving the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of the I of article R. 1211-29, resulting or likely to result in: a) an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

For any medicinal product authorised on the French market, each of its presentations and, where applicable, each common dispensing unit, is allocated a national identification number. This number is a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-46

Where the lessor is both the owner of the leased property and of the business operated therein, and the lease covers both at the same time, the lessor must pay the lessee, on his departure, compensati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-14

Abusing a person's weakness or ignorance within the meaning of articles L. 121-8 to L. 121-10 is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be incr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L531-1

Obstructing authorised agents from carrying out their duties in breach of the provisions of article L. 512-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable in municipalities with a state police force

Article L2214-4

…2212-3 and L. 2213-9 are exercised by the mayor, including the maintenance of good order at fairs, markets, public celebrations and ceremonies, shows, games, cafés, churches and other public places.

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