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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-40

…ty in medicinal products to a person established in France, medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5125-34 and benefiting from a marketing authorisation in France pursuant to article L. 5121-8 or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Guarantees granted in the exercise a professional activity

Article L7227-5

The time of absence provided for in articles L. 7227-1 et L. 7227-2 is treated as an actual period of work for the purposes of determining the period of paid leave as well as with regard to all rights…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-8

…oducts for therapeutic purposes in breach of the provisions adopted for the application of articles L. 1235-1, L. 1245-5 and L. 1245-5-1 of this Code are set out in article 511-8-2 of the Criminal Cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4

…rights attached to the trademark constitutes violation of the prohibitions provided for in articles L. 713-2 to L. 713-3-3 and in the second paragraph of article L. 713-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-5

The provisions of articles L. 820-5, L. 820-6 and L. 820-7 of the French Commercial Code apply to the statutory auditors of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-1

…nt authority for imposing administrative fines for breaches of the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 and L. 511-7 and failure to comply with injunctions relating to breaches establis…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Additional penalties applicable to natural persons

Article L823-14

In addition to the supplementary penalties provided for in article L. 823-13, natural persons convicted under articles L. 823-11 or L. 823-12 shall incur the supplementary penalty of confiscation of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L4711-4

The documents mentioned in articles L. 4711-1 and L. 4711-2 are communicated, under conditions determined by regulation, to the members of the social and economic committees, to the occupational physi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69

…private law employment contract for an indefinite or fixed term concluded in application of article L. 1242-3. Where it is concluded for a fixed term, the renewal rules set out in articles L. 1243-13…

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