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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-5

The penalties provided for in article L. 1525-4 are doubled: 1° If the offences provided for in the said article have resulted in the use of the goods being dangerous to human health; 2° If the offenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-6

…ed medicinal substance is harmful to human health, the penalties are doubled.These penalties apply even if the harmful falsification is known to the buyer or consumer.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-7

Chapters II, III and IV of Title VII of Book II of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles L. 1272-2, L. 1272-4 and L. 1273-3 shall apply there in the version resulting from Law no. 202…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-1

Chapter I of Title VII of Book II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of Articles L. 1271-7 and L. 1271-8, and subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter.A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-18

The 1° and 2° of Article L. 1324-3, in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-9 of 5 January 2017, are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L1525-3

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, the second paragraph of article L. 1271-5 is replaced by the following provisions: The same penalties shall apply to contravening or attempting to contravene…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article L500-1

For the purposes of this Book, the words "in France" mean mainland France, the territorial collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, as well as Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Sain…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book V: Insurance distributors

Article L500

…r to the undertakings mentioned in Article L. 310-2 of this Code, mutual insurers or associations governed by Book II of the Mutual Code, provident institutions or associations governed by Title III o…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE V: PENAL PROVISIONS.

Article L150-16

Reports of infringements of the provisions of this book and the decrees adopted for its application shall be forwarded without delay to the Public Prosecutor. Copies of the reports shall be sent to th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Purchasing techniques

Article L2125-1

…ows: 1° Framework agreements, which enable one or more economic operators to be pre-selected with a view to concluding a contract laying down all or part of the rules relating to orders to be placed d…

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