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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L3355-5

…present his observations at the hearing or have them presented by a lawyer. If he makes use of this option, he may appeal against the decision to close the public house temporarily or permanently.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D113-1

…on 26 January 1990; 5° The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (together with an Optional Protocol), signed in New York on 30 March 2007;

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-14

…ed letter. If all the bonds are registered, the publicity provided for in the previous paragraph is optional.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Access by the National Commission to information covered by medical confidentiality

Article R1142-41-2

…eve these purposes, which may not exceed one year, has elapsed, the information in question, at the option of the person or body which transmitted it, will be returned to it under the same conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

A levy of 5.1% is charged on the gross proceeds of lottery games marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Industries dealing with perishable materials or having to respond to an extraordinary increase in workload

Article R3132-1

…chasing, guilloché and flattening). Paper (processing), manufacture of envelopes, cardboard, school exercise books, registers, fancy papers. Wallpaper. Perfumeries. Pastry shops. Porcelain (decoration…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-28-2

By way of derogation from articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-23, the legal entities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 123-16-1 may draw up an abbreviated balance sheet and an abbreviated profi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-14

Termination of the employment contract in the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 1226-12 entitles the employee to compensation equal to the amount of the compensation in lieu of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Professional liability.

Article R211-37

The guarantee mentioned in article R. 211-36, in addition to the legal exclusions provided for in the Insurance Code, does not cover : a) Damage caused to the insured himself, his ascendants and desce…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Definition

Article L1121-1

A concession contract is a contract by which one or more conceding authorities subject to this code entrust the execution of works or the management of a service to one or more economic operators, to…

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