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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organ transplants.

Article L1234-2

Organ transplants are carried out in health establishments authorised for this purpose under the conditions laid down by the provisions of Chapters I and II of Title II of Book I of Part VI of this Co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L326-2

When it decides, pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 311-19, to fully withdraw the authorisation of a person subject to resolution proceedings, the resolution board may decide to suspend th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commencement and conduct of secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-2

I.-The court hearing an application to open secondary insolvency proceedings shall reject the application where the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings or the debtor in possessi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-27

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2223-17, on an exceptional basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and purpose of sector collective agreements

Article L7343-28

Agreements, hereinafter referred to as "sector collective agreements", may be concluded at the level of the sectors of activity mentioned in article L. 7343-1. In particular, they may cover all workin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Information on the social conditions under which products are manufactured

Article L113-2

If the transmission to the consumer of information, pursuant to article L. 113-1, is such as to seriously compromise the strategic or industrial interests of the manufacturer, producer or distributor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Advertising of regulated commercial transactions

Article L132-24

…es or causes to be disseminated advertising that is prohibited under the conditions set out in article L. 121-22 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Notice and compensation in lieu of notice.

Article L1234-2

Any clause in an employment contract setting a shorter notice period than that resulting from the provisions of article L. 1234-1 or a longer service requirement than that set out in those same provis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Distribution and transfer of shares in central insurance companies.

Article L322-23

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the distribution of free shares as provided for in Article L. 322-22. When free shares are distributed to employees, account is ta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Detention

Article L813-2

When a foreigner detained for the purposes of verifying his identity pursuant to article 78-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is unable to prove his right to move or reside in France, the provisions…

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