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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L917-2

The Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts recruits and manages private-law staff and public-law staff, including those subject to the status provided for by loi n° 52-1311 du 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation

Article L2541-23

The acts of the communes of the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments that were enforceable on 3 March 1982, the date of publication of the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 relative aux droits et li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-2

In order to implement the responsibilities set out in article L. 1321-1 B of the Public Health Code aimed at meeting people's essential needs for water intended for human consumption, the municipaliti…

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

Article L221-27

Exercising the right of withdrawal terminates the parties' obligation either to perform the distance or off-premises contract or to conclude it where the consumer has made an offer. Exercising the rig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-29

Any cinema exhibitor who joins an approved access formula is subject to the conditions of the approval. Any exhibitor who does not benefit from the guarantee provided for in article L. 212-30 is oblig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-257

Supervisory Board members are liable for any personal faults committed in the performance of their duties. They do not incur any liability, due to acts of management and their results. They may be dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Packaging characteristics

Article L3512-20

Without prejudice to the provisions relating to the affixing of the distinguishing marks referred to in 8° of Article L. 311-39 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code and adopted pursuant to 3° of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Breaches concerning young people under the age of eighteen

Article L4753-2

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen in one or more of the prohibited activities provided for in Article L. 4153-8 and the regulatory provisions adopted for its application, or in regulated ac…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

Persons who have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-12

A child who has been the subject of a simple adoption by a person of French nationality may, until the age of majority, declare, under the conditions set out in the articles 26 et seq, that he or she…

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