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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-6

…against payment, is subject to the transmission to the poison control centres mentioned in article L. 6141-4, designated by joint order of the ministers responsible for consumption, industry and heal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-6

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-2-1

Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 221-2 is subject to the conclusion of an agreement between the federation and the athlete. This agreement set…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-5

…urpose of investigating or establishing the violations and breaches mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, gathering evidence and tracking down the perpetrators or gathering information useful for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2-1

Compliance, in establishments authorised under article L. 1243-2, with legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the quality and safety of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy prepar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…eur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the employee upon presentation by the l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Drinks advertising.

Article L3323-3-1

…d with an alcoholic beverage with an identification of quality or origin, or protected underArticle L. 665-6 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, are not considered to be advertising or propaganda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…he Regional Health Agency shall mention in the order provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 5125-18 the names of the roads, natural boundaries or transport infrastructures that delimit the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-3-1

…int-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Article L. 713-4 reads as follows: Art. L. 713-4 -The right conferred by a trade mark shall not entitle its…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-17-2

…ial medicinal products constitutes an infringement punishable by the penalties laid down in Article L. 615-14 of this code.

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