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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-4

The supervisory authorities referred to in 3° to 16° of I of Article L. 561-36 shall put in place procedures to ensure that any failure to comply with the obligations defined in this Title and supervi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-4

…deemed to have been marketed and is considered to be an infringement within the meaning of article L. 623-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-3

…lient or instructing party, informed in writing by one of the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-1-2 of the partial or total non-payment of the legal or contractual minimum wage due to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Admission of new communes.

Article L5215-40-1

…unicipalities whose eligibility for the grant provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of article L. 5211-29 has been established under the conditions set out in Article L. 5214-23-1. The proposed e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-4

I.-In application of 12° of article L. 122-5, and subject to the provisions of II and III of this article, the performance or reproduction of extracts of works may be made without the authors' authori…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…nied, where applicable, by the summary explanatory note mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-12. They are also sent the reports mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2312-1 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4-5

…he Regional Health Agency shall have the powers and implement the procedure provided for in article L. 6323-1-12 for health centres.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-14-4

When the athlete has refused to consent to the monitoring operations mentioned in article L. 232-14-1, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction the test is carried out…

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

Article L1272-4-1

…tific purposes from a deceased person without having submitted the protocol provided for in article L. 1232-3 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-3

…n which the infringement action was brought, in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 714-5; or 2° Or that there were valid reasons for its non-use.

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