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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-2

The professional trade unions and their associations and the employees' or employers' associations mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 which control one or more legal entities within the meaning of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

The right to renewal may not be enforced against an owner who has obtained planning permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Powers

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-27

The obligations of the professional referred to in articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 relating to commercial warranties in respect of sales also apply to commercial warranties subscribed in connection wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-2

The organisations mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may only use the works mentioned in that same article as part of their cultural, educational and research missions and on condition that they do n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disputes.

Article L7122-27

Disputes arising from the application to public sector employers mentioned in Article L. 5424-1 of the provisions of Article L. 7122-23, relating to compulsory declarations, follow the jurisdictional…

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

Article L912-2

The last paragraph of Article L. 225-43 and that of Article L. 225-91 are deleted.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy

Article L772-2

Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-27 do not apply to Saint-Barthélemy.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-26

Where a performance study is conducted at the Institution nationale des invalides or in a health establishment or army hospital with an in-house pharmacy, failure by the promoter to communicate in adv…

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