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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4

Birthing centres are health facilities in which midwives, under the conditions set out in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4151-4 relating to the practice of their profession, give birth to women whose pregn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 15: Authentication

Article L133-44

…The payment service provider shall apply the strong customer authentication defined in f of Article L. 133-4 when the payer : 1° Accesses his online payment account ; 2° Initiates an electronic paymen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-4

…or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 et L. 631-24-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Undeclared work.

Article L8221-4

The activities referred to in Article L. 8221-3 are presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to be carried out on a profit-making basis: 1° Either when they are carried out with recourse to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-4

…e conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in Article L. 5431-2 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the terms and conditions set out…

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

Article L1272-4

…consent having been expressed under the conditions set out in the last three paragraphs of Article L. 1241-1 of the Public Health Code is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 E…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Right of communication

Article L811-4

The right of communication provided for in article L. 811-3 is exercised at the request of the competent administrative authority, on an ad hoc basis and free of charge, regardless of the medium used…

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

Article L5438-4

…import, export or purchase of falsified raw materials for pharmaceutical use as defined in article L. 5138-6 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.These penalties are incr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

…ive authority is aware of an official report of an infringement provided for in 1° to 4° of article L. 8211-1, it may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having regard to the repeti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-4

…the necessary forms are not available. It may hold an ex officio licence as referred to in Article L. 613-16 of the French Intellectual Property Code.The Agency's actions concerning the medicinal pro…

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