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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-80

In the event that the trader has not completed and supplied to the consumer on paper or on any other durable medium the withdrawal form provided for in 5° of Article L. 224-78, consumers have a withdr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: General provisions

Article LO1112-6

A territorial authority may not organise a local referendum: 1° As from the first day of the sixth month preceding that in which the general renewal or the renewal of a series of members of its delibe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-15

Each regional sports conference sets up one or more conferences of sports funders comprising representatives of : 1° The State; 2° Depending on the case, the region and departments, the Corsican colle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Overseas departments

Article 1649

A decree in the Council of State sets the date and conditions under which the provisions relating to property tax on built-up properties, property tax on non-built-up properties and council tax on sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-175

Pharmaceutical establishments, including those managed by public health establishments mentioned in articles R. 5124-68 to R. 5124-73 for their production, hospital preparation and magistral preparati…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency

Article D47-12-7

By application of the provisions of article 706-75 of the code of criminal procedure, the judicial courts and assize courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts de…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Environment.

Article L4424-35

…in governed by the statutes applicable to them on 2 April 1992, the date of entry into force of loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse. The conditions for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

It is prohibited to employ employees holding a fixed-term employment contract and temporary employees to carry out work exposing them to the following dangerous chemical agents or ionising radiation:…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-19

…m the competent minister; 7° A foreign national who has obtained refugee status pursuant to the loi n° 52-893 du 25 juillet 1952 portant création d'un Office français de protection des réfugiés et apa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conformity, safety and enhancement of products and services

Article L511-13

…icle 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to the use of the French language; 5° Of the loi n° 2010-729 du 30 juin 2010 tendant à suspendre la commercialisation de tout emballage comportant du…

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