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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Identification of the batch

Article R412-5

When foodstuffs are not pre-packaged, the indication and, where appropriate, the letter "L" appear on the packaging or container or, failing this, on the commercial documents referring to them. In all…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 678

Where they are neither exempted nor tariffed by any other article of this code, judicial decisions and deeds containing provisions subject to land registration referred to in Article 677 are subject t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-10

Every three years, the ministries referred to in Article R. 142-1 shall carry out an evaluation of VISABIO processing resulting in a report sent to the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des li…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions applicable to the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy

Article L2565-1

In the communes of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy (Guadeloupe), the rate of the tourist tax referred to in Article L. 2333-26 is set at 5% of the price received for each night's stay, whatever the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 796

In the case referred to in Article 789, the appeal in cassation lodged against the judgment rejecting the application for rehabilitation shall be heard and determined without fine or costs. All proced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Trial of offences

Article 844

The second paragraph of Article 470-1 reads as follows: "However, where it appears that liable third parties must be implicated, the court shall refer the case, by a decision not subject to appeal, to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L5413-1

Making false statements or providing false information in order to be or remain registered on the list of jobseekers referred to in Article L. 5411-1 is punishable by the penalties set out in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-14

In the cases referred to in this chapter, the court may prohibit the sale and order the seizure and confiscation of the aforementioned medicines, products, objects and devices, as well as the seizure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and tasks

Article R1112-79

The users' commission referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1112-3 is set up in each public or private health establishment and in the health cooperation groupings authorised to carry out…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III.

Article L943-8

Article L. 322-16 reads as follows: "Art. L. 322-16-The provisions of article L. 322-11 are applicable to the sales referred to in articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. "

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