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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-17

…al from all places where it is found or its destruction when this is the only way of putting an end to the danger. They may also order the dissemination of warnings or precautions for use and a recall…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-10

…t of the products do not comply with the regulations in force, the authorised agents may order them to be brought into conformity, at the operator's expense, within a period that they shall set. If co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction

Article L112-14

I.-The merchants referred to in article L. 121-1 of the French Commercial Code may provide cash to the Payment Service User as part of a payment transaction for the purchase of goods or services. II-T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives and public companies.

Article L3323-10

The provisions of this Title do not apply to financial years prior to the financial year following 1 January 2005 for companies, groupings or legal entities, whatever their legal status, of which more…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article D6152-633-1

The allowances available to associate practitioners are as follows: 1° Hardship allowances corresponding to the time worked, within the framework of weekly service obligations, at night, on Saturday a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-37-1

…ated between any union exercising the competence mentioned in the second paragraph of IV of article L. 2224-31 and all the public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-3

…transfer, demerger or any other legal change is envisaged which would have the effect of calling into question an agreement or arrangement, the employers and the trade union organisations representin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-2

…transfer, demerger or any other legal change is envisaged which would have the effect of calling into question an agreement or arrangement, the employers of the undertakings concerned and the trade u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14-4

The validity of the agreements mentioned in articles L. 2261-14-2 and L. 2261-14-3 is assessed under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The rates mentioned in the same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-72

…terested party, order the dissolution of the company if the number of shareholders has been reduced to less than seven for more than one year for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a re…

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