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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-19

The fact of carrying out a "snowball" sale or service or any similar process defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 121-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-1

The communes, départements and regions are freely administered by elected councils.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L3131-1

…minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours, except in the cases provided for in articles L. 3131-2 and L. 3131-3 or in emergencies, under conditions determined by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article L751-1

…commission rules on applications for authorisation submitted to it under the provisions of articles L. 752-1, L. 752-3 and L. 752-15.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article L5411-1

A jobseeker is anyone who is looking for work and applies to Pôle emploi to be registered on the list of jobseekers.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Confidentiality

Article L2132-1

…operators to consent to the disclosure of certain confidential information which they have supplied and which is specifically designated.The purchaser may impose on economic operators requirements des…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article L622-1

The final or intermediate topography of a semiconductor product reflecting an intellectual effort by the creator may, unless it is commonplace, be the subject of a deposit conferring the protection pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibitions.

Article L8261-1

No employee may perform paid work in excess of the maximum working hours laid down by the legal provisions applicable to his or her profession.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L137-1

For the purposes of Articles L. 137-2 to L. 137-4, a person who provides an online public communication service whose main purpose, or one of whose main purposes, is to store and give the public acces…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-1

…ities ; 2° Actions required to prevent or reduce risks in exposure situations as defined in Article L. 1333-3. Only actions implemented as part of the decisions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1333-3 ar…

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