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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-19

I.-The seller shall ensure that the consumer is informed and receives the updates necessary to maintain the conformity of the goods: 1° For a period that the consumer can legitimately expect, given th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-19

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 123-54, the tariff of formalities for filing and transferring the declarations and recording the particulars referred to in this section and for filing and tran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L5132-17

A decree determines the list of employers authorised to set up the integration workshops and work camps referred to in article L. 5132-15.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-17

A sports agent may only act on behalf of one of the parties to the contracts mentioned in Article L. 222-7. The written contract pursuant to which the sports agent performs the activity of bringing to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-19

The competent authority may, at any time, request additional information on the performance study from the developer. Where the competent authority considers that the requirements set out in Regulatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-17

Except in exceptional cases, in order to give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the company, and under the conditions laid down by a regulati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-19

…in the maintenance or reconstitution, whether open or disguised, of an association or grouping dissolved in application of article L. 332-18, as well as participating in activities that an association…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Substitution compensation.

Article L7313-17

When the employer is subject to a collective bargaining agreement or a unilateral decision of the employer or of a group of employers, the traveller, sales representative or sales agent may, in the ev…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-10

Where the state of digital coverage of the territory is likely to prevent effective public participation by electronic means as provided for by articles L. 4433-10-6 and L. 4433-10-9, a copy of the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-19

Open-ended employment contracts may include a trial period, the maximum duration of which is : 1° For manual and clerical workers, two months ; 2° for supervisors and technicians, three months; 3° for…

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