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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-2

…breach of the provisions of the same 1° to 4°, it may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having regard to the repetition or seriousness of the offences established, order by reaso…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-4

I.-Investment firms of significant size, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall set up a compensation committee. Branches of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-2

I.-A "securitisation vehicle" is a legal entity, with or without legal personality, other than an insurance or reinsurance undertaking, which bears insurance risks ceded to it by an insurance or reins…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-1

If the eviction relates to a place inhabited by the person being evicted or by any occupant in his or her own right, it may only take place at the end of a period of two months following the summons,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions applicable to organ transplants

Article D6124-165

The health establishment authorised to carry out organ transplant activities has the following facilities on site : - the means to ensure extracorporeal blood circulation, long-term mechanical circula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-8

…by law relating to the test, the medicinal products to be tested, the medicinal products used as a reference and the summary of the latest scientific knowledge required to carry out the research is p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-3-4

Where the reproduction of a trade mark in a dictionary, encyclopaedia or similar reference work, in printed or electronic form, gives the impression that it constitutes the generic term designating th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-14

…the first paragraph, the rights and obligations of the parties to the contract may be determined by reference to other documents or legal texts.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: MEASURES FOR DEALING WITH OVER-INDebtedness

Article L731-1

…4, the amount of repayments is set, under conditions specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, by reference to the percentage of salary that can be seized as set out in articles L. 3252-2 and L. 325…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-5-2

…edium accompanying the sale. The seller may supplement the consumer's information by giving him the reference of the website or mobile application provided, where applicable, by the producer where the…

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