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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-25

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without complying with the conditions, applicable to pre-contractual information, laid down by the provisions of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and safety coordination and coordinator.

Article L4532-2

Workers' health and safety must be coordinated on any building or civil engineering site involving several self-employed workers or companies, including subcontractors, in order to prevent the risks a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249

In divorce proceedings, an adult under guardianship is represented by his guardian and an adult under curatorship brings the action himself, with the assistance of his curator. However, the person und…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 248

Debates on the cause, consequences of the divorce and provisional measures are not public.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Publication of the mortgage.

Article 246

The conditions under which the mortgage is made public and retained are set by decree.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299

…The provision, via electronic communications, of a digital interface that enables users to contact and interact with other users, in particular with a view to the delivery of goods or the provision o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-2

…bined with a criminal fine imposed on the offender for the same acts, the total amount of the fines and financial penalties imposed shall not exceed the highest legal maximum.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

Any person of legal age may use one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. With regard to minor children, this option is exercised by both parents exercising par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 267

I. - The following are to be included in the taxable amount:1° Taxes, duties and levies of any kind except value added tax itself.2° Expenses ancillary to the supply of goods or services such as commi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Suspensive arrangements

Article 277 A

…wing arrangements provided for by the Community regulations in force: customs clearance, warehouses and temporary storage areas, import or export warehouses, inward processing;2° The supply of goods i…

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