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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-23

Any failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 224-59 to L. 224-62 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-23

…ll be forfeited: 1° Who is unable to present to the administration at any time the elements of reproduction or vegetative propagation making it possible to reproduce the protected variety with the mor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23

…l the packaging, which may not be reused, is opened with a view to implantation ; 2° Eliminate or reduce as far as possible the risks linked to their physical characteristics, to the use of energy sou…

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

Article L2223-23

…this provision or organise funerals must be authorised for this purpose in accordance with the procedures and duration laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. To grant this authorisation, the repre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-23

I.-Components of original own funds are classified in Tier 1 when they de facto have the characteristics mentioned in a and b of I of Article R. 351-22, taking into account the factors mentioned in II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-23

…shment is held by a doctor, a pharmacist or a person holding an engineering degree or a national graduate or postgraduate degree in life sciences, chemistry or physics.III -Only the following may, und…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-23

…d in the context of criminal proceedings pursuant to the article 138-3 of the code of criminal procedure or the article 132-45-1 of the Penal Code is implemented in accordance with the provisions of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Teaching and research activities

Article R6133-23

Groupements de Coopération Sanitaire may participate in research activities in the following areas and in the following forms: 1° Association with the biomedical research activities referred to in art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23-1

…h or, failing that, by one or more representative trade union organisations at national and cross-industry level, whether or not they are members of the staff delegation of the social and economic com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for the extension of agreements.

Article L2261-23-1

In order to be extended, the branch agreement or professional agreement must, unless justified, include the specific stipulations mentioned in Article L. 2232-10-1 for undertakings with fewer than fif…

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