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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-54

Where the consumer exercises his right of withdrawal from the contract of sale or the contract for the provision of services referred to in 9° of Article L. 311-1, the credit agreement intended to fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

The Director General of the Agence nationale de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may impose financial penalties on natural or legal persons producing or market…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-5

The rights provided for in article L. 342-1 take effect upon completion of the manufacture of the database. They expire fifteen years after 1 January of the calendar year following that of such comple…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Earmarked credit

Article L312-52

The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation: 1° If the creditor has not, within seven days of acceptance of the credit agreement by the borrower, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Membership.

Article L2261-5

If the purpose of accession is to make the branch agreement or the professional or interprofessional agreement applicable in a territorial or professional sector not included in its scope, it must tak…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-5

…tance or by assignment are extinguished on the date of posting of the statement provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2421-4, unless, on that date, the holder had had constructions carried…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of departmental competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 3441-3 and L. 3441-4-1 is not applied…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-5

Every five years, the public employment service draws up, under the authority of the State representative in the region, a regional plan for the integration of disabled workers. This plan, coordinated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agents

Article L523-5

For the purposes of Article L. 511-33, I of Article L. 522-19, Article L. 526-35, the last paragraph of Article L. 571-4 and Article L. 572-7, agents are treated in the same way as persons employed by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Accounting and reporting requirements applicable to investment services providers

Article L533-5

Investment firms are bound by the obligations of Articles L. 511-35, L. 511-36, L. 511-37 and L. 511-39. They shall have sound accounting procedures.The previous paragraph applies to portfolio managem…

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