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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R250-1

For their application in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:a) (Repealed);b) (Repealed);c) (Repealed);d) (Repealed);e) (Repealed);f) (Repealed);g) (Repealed);h) The words: "préfet de département" are replaced b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

…at : a) €2,000 per request for prior authorisation for advertising relating to a medicinal product and comprising up to five advertising supports and €400 for any additional support; b) €2,000 per re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-107

…are practised in two categories: 1° Category A comprising solely the performance of mechanical thrombectomy and associated diagnostic procedures in the context of acute ischaemic cerebrovascular accid…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

Without prejudice to the award of damages, a civil fine may be imposed on a trader who, in contracts offered to or concluded with consumers or non-traders, continues to use contractual terms in identi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-11-1

The voting rights and dividend rights of shares or share fractions issued in breach of the provisions relating to the incorporation of public limited companies with a public offer, as set out in this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article L7122-1

The composition of the Assembly of French Guyana and the term of office of the councillors to the Assembly of French Guyana are determined by Chapter I of Title I of Book VI bis of the Electoral Code.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19°: Urban development zones

Article 146 quater

The withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de article 125 A interest, arrears and any other income from loans contracted before 1 January 1965 for the deve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Decision-making body

Article R5211-1-1

I. - For the distribution of seats on the deliberative body, the population figure to be referred to is that of the municipal population authenticated in the year preceding that of the general renewal…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-1-1

…a child under the age of twenty-five or of a person under the age of twenty-five who is effectively and permanently dependent on the employee, the employee is entitled, with justification, to eight da…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-1

The bereavement leave provided for in article L. 3142-1-1 may be split into two periods. Each period shall last at least one day.

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