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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-9-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles L. 6122-2, L. 6122-8 and L. 6122-9, in the event of a serious health threat identified by the Minister for Health under the conditions provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 411-1, a public offer of the following financial securities is authorised: 1° Financial securities issued by a State ; 2° Financial securities guaranteed b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-3

…bject directly encouraging excessive consumption of alcohol under the conditions set out in article L. 3342-1 is punishable by the same penalty.Conviction of one of the offences provided for in this a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-6

For the application of article L. 351-5 : 1° The references to the Insurance Code and to the training certificate issued for persons responsible for providing borrowers with explanations of loans are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-2

For the application of this code in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° "Tribunal judiciaire" by "tribunal de première instance";2° "Tribunal de commerce"…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Other contracts

Article L2512-5

…he issue, purchase, sale or transfer of securities or other financial instruments defined inArticle L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, to services provided by central banks or to operations…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-44

…for inter-communal cooperation that has decided to exercise the competence provided for in Article L. 2223-40. If, within this period, the agreement has not been reached because of the competent auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Central body for savings banks and banques populaires

Article L512-107

The central body for savings banks and banques populaires exercises the powers set out in Articles L. 511-31 and L. 511-32 of this Code. To this end, it is responsible for1° Defining the policy and st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…places a tobacco product on the market without having submitted the declaration defined in Article L. 3512-17 ; 2° Failure by a tobacco product manufacturer or importer to submit a market survey in b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-37-1

…relating to professional equality between women and men mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2312-18 of the Labour Code and in article L. 1142-8 of the same code, where these apply, as well…

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