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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R512-2

The authorised officers carry out basic checks with the aim of identifying goods or detecting any non-conformity with the characteristics they must possess.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-2

The period referred to in article L. 522-5 is one month.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-27

The department to which the authorised agent reports informs the sample holder of the results of the sample analysis. If the analysis establishes that the sample does not comply with the regulations,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to certain establishments

Article R414-2

The approval gives rise to the issue of an identification number for the installation corresponding to the model defined by order of the ministers responsible for consumption, agriculture and industry…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Designations of origin

Article R431-2

The action is brought before the judicial court of the place of origin of the product whose designation is contested. The claim is exempted from the preliminary conciliation and investigated and judge…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article R511-2

Documents drawn up by the officials referred to in Chapter I of Title I of Book V may be signed in digital format.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article R451-2

Holding for sale or distribution free of charge, offering for sale, selling or distributing free of charge a foodstuff unfit for consumption, within the meaning of Article 14(5) of Regulation (EC) No…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-23

As far as microbiological testing is concerned, only one sample is taken.The sample is kept and sent to the competent State laboratory for microbiological research under conditions, in particular temp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article R711-2

A debtor of French nationality domiciled outside France may refer the matter to the over-indebtedness commission in the place where one of his or her creditors established in France is established.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge

Article R713-2

The matter is referred to the judge by the commission by simple letter signed by its chairman.By way of derogation, when the commission is the addressee of an appeal or challenge lodged in application…

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