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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trial period.

Article L1242-11

…do not apply during the trial period:1° the commencement of the contract as provided for in article L. 1242-9 ; 2° Early termination of the contract as provided for in articles L. 1243-1 to L. 1243-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

…s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000 1° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure of which a person is the subject, whatever the fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-149-3

The reports and formalities mentioned in Article L. 225-129-2, in the second paragraph of l'article L. 225-131, in 1° of Article L. 225-136, to the articles L. 225-138, L. 225-142 and L. 225-143, in t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…er has been executed, the buyer and seller of the financial instruments referred to in I of Article L. 211-1 are definitively committed, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, on the date referr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to declare activity

Article L212-12

Any person who exercises one of the functions mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 212-1 for remuneration without having made the declaration provided for in article L. 212-11 is punishable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

For the purposes of Article L. 126-1, full compensation for personal injury is provided through the Fonds de garantie des victimes des actes de terrorisme et d'autres infractions (Guarantee Fund for V…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other effects

Article L722-13

…sion that the claim is admissible, the thirty-day period referred to in second paragraph of Article L. 113-3 of the French Insurance Code, where applicable, is extended to one hundred and twenty days…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-13

…hares to the public, or which intends to make one of the offers referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, may provide that…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-1-1

…ontractual terms in identical contracts that have been deemed unfair, within the meaning of Article L. 212-1 with the exception of its fourth paragraph, by a court decision that has become final with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-1-1

Psychiatric services may be provided by university or non-university health establishments, regardless of their legal status, and by army hospitals.Psychiatric services are provided in the form of out…

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