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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-21

The consumer shall exercise his right of withdrawal by informing the trader of his decision to withdraw by sending, before expiry of the period provided for in Article L. 221-18, the withdrawal form r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Local chambers of commerce and industry of regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L711-25

Local chambers of commerce and industry carry out the local missions devolved to any territorial chamber of commerce and industry, in accordance with articles L. 711-1 to L. 711-4, in accordance with…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-21

Natural or legal persons guilty of the offences provided for in article L. 332-19 are also liable to the following penalties: 1° Confiscation of movable and immovable property belonging to or used by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-2

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 2141-10:1° The first paragraph is worded as follows:"The implementation of medically assisted procreation is preceded by individ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Age of admission.

Article L4153-2

In the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of Article L. 4153-1, an agreement is concluded between the educational establishment to which the pupil belongs and the company. No agreement may be entered int…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-27

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall decide under an accelerated procedure at the request of the administrative authority responsible for registering the asylum…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-6-1

…Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area responsible for the prudential supervision on a consolidated basis of a group consults the Autorité de contrô…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L914-2

Article L. 441-11 II is amended as follows: 1° 1° is worded as follows: "1° For purchases of perishable agricultural and food products and frozen or deep-frozen meat, deep-frozen fish, ready-made meal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-28

…of the death of the mother during the period of compensation defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code, the father may suspend his employment contract for a period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

A digital copy of a document referred to in article L. 1111-25, which meets the conditions of reliability set out in the second paragraph of article 1379 of the Civil Code, has the same evidential val…

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