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Showing 38013810 of 64569 articles for Art. s. L 141-2 to L 141-22 · L 141-5 · L 141-14 · L 143-21

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph, Articles L. 4061-1 to L. 4061-7 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-2

Practitioners working in a private for-profit health establishment are automatically entitled to form a medical conference, the powers of which are set out in I of article L. 6161-2-2.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-2

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a Fren…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

I.-Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available electronic communications services shall communicate to consumers, insofar as it concerns a service they provide: 1° The infor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-20

The provisions of articles L. 7124-13 to L. 7124-15 also apply to minors engaged in artistic or literary activities other than those mentioned in article L. 7124-12.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-29

The provisions of article L. 224-28 do not apply to the duration of an instalment contract where the consumer has, by separate contract, agreed to make instalment payments exclusively for the deployme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-2

The representative trade union organisations in the company may take all legal action resulting from articles L. 1152-1 to L. 1152-3 and L. 1153-1 to L. 1153-4. They may take such action on behalf of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-20

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-26 to L. 224-42-4 as well as articles L. 224-57 and L. 224-58 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-2

The operations of the Banque de France and the activities referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 142-2 are governed by civil and commercial law.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-25

The sole trader may, at the written request of a creditor, waive the derogation provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 526-22, for a specific undertaking for which he must state the term a…

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