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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

…ion, including on a medium and in a digital format, under the conditions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 122-5 and 2° of article L. 211-3.The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-80

…consumer on paper or on any other durable medium the withdrawal form provided for in 5° of Article L. 224-78, consumers have a withdrawal period of one year and fourteen days from the day on which th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article L352-8

…et de résolution if they become aware that the Minimum Capital Requirement provided for in Article L. 352-5 is no longer covered or that there is a risk that it will no longer be covered within the n…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-6

…int-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Article L. 717-1 reads as follows: Art. L. 717-1.-I.-Infringement of the prohibitions set out in Articles 9,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-129

In order to implement an employee's entitlement to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-125, a collective agreement determines : 1° The maximum duration of the leave or period of part-time work; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-3

…ice and qualified as private health establishments of collective interest in application of article L. 6161-5 ; 4° Other private health establishments authorised, after a favourable opinion from the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…Agency's general policy and deliberates on : 1° The public health programme provided for in article L. 6431-4 ; 2° The medical project ; 3° The master plan as well as construction, major repair and de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L194-1

Titles I, II and III of this Book, with the exception of Articles L. 112-7, L. 112-8, L. 112-10, L. 113-15-2, L. 122-7, L. 125-1 to L. 125-6, L. 132-30 and L. 132-31, are applicable in the Wallis and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-3

…or against payment, wholesale or retail, homeopathic medicinal products mentioned in 11° of article L. 5121-1 or traditional herbal medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-14-1 which have not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Relationship between company or establishment agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional scope.

Article L2253-1

…lisation of vocational training funds; 5° The additional collective guarantees mentioned in article L. 912-1 of the Social Security Code; 6° The measures set out in article L. 3121-14, in 1° of articl…

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