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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-15

…ences provided for and punished by this chapter and the texts taken for their application.II.- This option does not apply to offences punishable by a prison sentence of three years or more and to offe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-12

Exercising the right of withdrawal automatically terminates the contract of sale or provision of services.If the goods or services to be financed are not sold at a distance and the consumer, by expres…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-7

The consumer has a period of fourteen completed calendar days in which to exercise his right of withdrawal, without having to give any reason or incur any penalties. The period during which the right…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-2

The costs corresponding to the exercise of transferred powers are subject to an assessment prior to the transfer of said powers. Any new burden falling on territorial authorities as a result of the St…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Effects of simple adoption

Article 362

…ing the right to consent to the marriage of the adopted child. The rights of parental authority are exercised by the adopter(s) under the conditions laid down by Chapter I of Title IX of this Book. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-2

…of the same Code.The prohibition referred to in 2° of article 131-39 applies to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Police Court

Article 523

The police court is made up of a judge of the judicial court, an officer of the public prosecutor's office as stated in articles 45 et seq. and a court clerk.When it hears offences of the first four c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Bankruptcy and other offences.

Article L654-7

…The prohibition mentioned in 2° of Article 131-39 of the Penal Code applies to the activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article L722-6-1

The office of commercial court judge is incompatible with the exercise of an office of labour councillor, an office of president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-3

…article L. 2212-2 and notwithstanding article L. 2213-32, the president of the metropolitan council exercises the powers enabling him to regulate external fire defence. Without prejudice to article L.…

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