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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-4

The doctors who establish the death, on the one hand, and those who carry out the removal or transplantation, on the other, must be part of separate functional units or departments.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L441-4

The insurance company may not demand payment of premiums or contributions. If payment of premiums or contributions ceases, the agreement may provide for forfeiture of vested rights or a reduction in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Punishment of public drunkenness.

Article L3341-4

In pubs that close between 2am and 7am, one or more alcohol screening devices must be made available to the public.In takeaway outlets, these devices are offered for sale close to the alcoholic bevera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Smoking products made from plants other than tobacco

Article L3514-4

All unit packs and outer packaging of plant-based smoking products other than tobacco carry a health warning in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the Minister for Health.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-4

Any shareholding of even less than 10% held by a controlled company is considered to be held indirectly by the company controlling that company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-4

The commercial court hears promissory notes bearing the signatures of both traders and non-traders at the same time. However, it is obliged to refer to the judicial court if it is requested to do so b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-4

In the event of a conviction, the court shall order, by any appropriate means, the posting or broadcasting of all or part of the decision or of a press release informing the public of the reasons for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-4

No deduction is made for the benefit of the Treasury from the amount of the global operating allowance.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-4

Deliberations or decisions of municipal councils or competent local authorities involving increases in the expenditure of public industrial or commercial services operated by a public authority, lease…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-4

In the event of a risk to public health, within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 International Health Regulations, identified on board a means of transport, within the meaning of the same article,…

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