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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-15

…ecurity, anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,00…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-1

The provisions of articles L. 1454-6 and L. 1454-7 are applicable to the members of the consultative commissions set up by the ministers responsible for health and social security, as well as to perso…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-1

…rovisions of Book VI of Part One and those of Book III of this Part, with the exception of articles L. 2333-64 to L. 2333-75, are applicable to the municipalities of the Ile-de-France region subject t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-10

The articles L. 2123-34 and L. 2123-35 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Act no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 on involvement in local life and the pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4511-1

…ishment by an external company are determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, pursuant to Articles L. 4111-6 and L. 4611-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-17

…n behalf of the State, signs their recruitment contracts and the agreements referred to in articles R. 3133-3 and L. 3134-2-1. The Director General takes decisions on behalf of the State regarding the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial companies.

Article R247-1

…art, to trading on a regulated market for failing to make the publications provided for in articles R. 232-11 and R. 232-13. In the event of a repeat offence, the applicable fine is that provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the enlarged committee

Article R4523-14

…period is less than three months. The procedures for this replacement are those set out in articles R. 4523-10 and R. 4523-11.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-14-1

…lowing shall be deleted by the managing department before expiry of the period mentioned in Article R. 53-14: 1° The data mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of I of Article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-10

The provisions of articles R. 1341-2 to R. 1341-9 do not apply : 1° Medicinal products for human or veterinary use defined in articles L. 5111-1 and L. 5141-2 ; 2° Cosmetic products, as defined in art…

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