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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L217-31

A recourse action may be brought by the seller against any person upstream in the chain of commercial transactions, including the producer, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-2

…he characterisation adopted in the act referred to it falls within the provisions of Article 398-1, and subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of that Article, the case may either be referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-3

…carry out its tasks, the Agency relies on : 1° A national public health network which it organises and runs. This network is made up of any public or private person, French or foreign, who provides a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Confidentiality

Article L3122-3

…operators to consent to the disclosure of certain confidential information that they have provided and that is specifically designated.The conceding authority may impose on economic operators require…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-34

…ions of the second paragraph, in the cases provided for in Articles L. 341-37, L. 341-38, L. 341-40 and L. 341-41, the lender or lessor may be deprived of the right to interest, in full or in the prop…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-35

When the sum paid in advance by the purchaser has not been repaid under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 313-41, the sum due shall bear interest at half the legal rate…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-38

…er or lessor to comply with one of the obligations set out in article L. 313-55 for a hire-purchase and sale contract with a promise to sell, is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-36

…e conditions provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 313-62 for a hire-purchase contract and a sale with a promise to sell, the sum due shall bear interest at the legal rate plus half from…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-37

If the lender or lessor fails to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 313-38 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-3

When a detainee requires immediate in-patient care and constant supervision due to a mental disorder that makes consent impossible and constitutes a danger to himself or to others, the Préfet de Polic…

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