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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-17

Officers are empowered to carry out checks on the conformity of fresh fruit and vegetables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 20…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-15

To investigate and record the offences and breaches mentioned in this sub-section, the authorised agents have the powers defined in Sections 1 to 3 of Chapter II of this Title and may implement the me…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-14

Officers are empowered to carry out administrative checks to determine the characteristics of products or services or assess their dangerous nature.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-16

Officers are empowered to carry out controls:of animal feed and foodstuffs excluding products of animal origin originating in or coming from third countries;of materials and objects intended to come i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Cross-industry agreements.

Article L2232-1

The territorial scope of application of cross-industry agreements may be national, regional or local.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO ENTRY INTO FRANCE

Article L821-1

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €3,750 for a foreign national to enter mainland France:1° Without fulfilling the conditions mentioned in points a, b or c of paragraph 1 of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L7121-1

The provisions of this Code are applicable to performing artists, subject to the specific provisions of this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-1

Failure by an employer who posts one or more employees to comply with one of the obligations set out in article L. 1262-2-1, the third paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, article L. 1262-4-4 or arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1311-1

In accordance with the provisions of article L. 3111-1 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques, properties belonging to the public domain of local authorities, their public establishme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-1

When a dispute arises relating to the application of Articles L. 1152-1 to L. 1152-3 and L. 1153-1 to L. 1153-4, the applicant for a job, an internship or a period of training in a company or the empl…

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