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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals placed under a protection order

Article L425-6

A foreign national who has been granted a protection order under article 515-9 of the French Civil Code, due to violence within the couple or by a former spouse, a former partner in a civil solidarity…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Leave for sick children.

Article L1225-61

Employees are entitled to unpaid leave in the event of the illness or accident, as certified by a doctor, of a child under the age of sixteen for whom they are responsible within the meaning of Articl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising and general information

Article L313-6

The creditor shall ensure the permanent availability of clear and comprehensible general information on the credit agreements referred to in Article L. 313-1. The credit intermediary also ensures that…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-6

A temporary or multi-annual residence permit may be withdrawn from a foreign national who has committed acts that expose him or her to one of the convictions provided for in articles 222-34 to 222-40,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-6

When the property concerned by article L. 1321-1 are the property of the local authority that already exercised jurisdiction and this is confirmed by the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la ré…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-6

The characteristics of the blood may only be modified prior to collection for therapeutic use by a third party by a doctor within the Etablissement Français du Sang or the Armed Forces Blood Transfusi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6

Making available to the public an automatic device for dispensing alcoholic beverages is punishable by a fine of €3,750.The machine used to commit the offence will be seized and the court will order i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection.

Article L4623-6

When the competent Minister annuls, on a hierarchical appeal, the decision of the Labour Inspector authorising the dismissal of an occupational physician, the latter has the right, if he so requests w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-6

The agglomeration community is substituted ipso jure for the syndicat de communes or syndicat mixte whose perimeter is identical to its own, for all the competences it exercises. The agglomeration com…

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