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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The EC quality assurance system

Article R4313-60

…e in the frequency of sampling, a request for modification of the manufacturing processes including final inspection, a request for recall or scrapping of defective batches. The financial cost of impl…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 606

Final judgments which rule on part of the main proceedings and order an investigative measure or a provisional measure may be appealed to the Court of Cassation in the same way as final judgments ruli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Electronic communications services means services consisting wholly or mainly in the provision of electronic communications…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales description

Article R412-11

…od information to consumers, of any foodstuff presented non-prepackaged at the point of sale to the final consumer, and, where appropriate, the other mandatory particulars which must accompany it, sha…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1409

The community is composed passively:-finally, of the maintenance owed by the spouses and the debts contracted by them for the upkeep of the household and the education of the children, in accordance w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Object of protection

Article L511-5

The design of a part of a complex product shall be regarded as new and having its own character only to the extent that: a) The part, once incorporated into the complex product, remains visible during…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of information, transparency and comparison of tenders

Article L224-42-3

Where providers of publicly available Internet access services or interpersonal communications services impose conditions on the provision of such services, the relevant information shall be published…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-3-1

…associated with these products not to make public the precise purpose, date, direct beneficiary and final beneficiary, and the amount of the agreements mentioned in I of article L. 1453-2 concluded wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-62

…est on their capital ensuring a return at most equal to the average rate of fixed-rate bonds with a final maturity of more than seven years, whose capital or interest is not indexed, issued or guarant…

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