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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-54

Any provider of a voice communications service, within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, shall offer consumers a free option to block calls to p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-13

…suant to public service delegation agreements, with the exception of those mentioned in the article L. 311-5 of the code des relations entre le public et l'administration, are made available to the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-26

…e right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the municipal council, the budgets and accounts of the municipality and municipal by-laws.Each person may publish them under their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article L2241-5

…tablishment, or to a private individual, are enforceable only after the agreement of the town council. Deliberations by which the boards of directors of public communal accommodation establishments fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-23

…shment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribution of working hour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-3

To determine the fraction that cannot be seized, account is taken of the amount of remuneration, its accessories and the value of benefits in kind, after deduction of compulsory social security contri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-4

When, as part of its inspection powers, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that the manufacture or repackaging and relabelling for distribution of raw materi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-9

It is forbidden to solicit orders for veterinary medicines from the public through brokers or by any other means, and to fulfil such orders. It is forbidden for any person, with the exception of veter…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

…The participating and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall set up a system of governance which guarantees sound and prudent managem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7, L. 3212-5, L. 3212-7, L. 3212-8, L. 3214-1, L…

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