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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-24

I.-The approval provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée on the basis of the compliance of programming commitment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-2

…modification to one or more of the protection perimeters or related easements mentioned in article L. 1321-2 of this Code is required, the public enquiry is conducted in accordance with a simplified…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…pharmaceutical use" means all the constituents of medicinal products within the meaning of Article L. 5111-1, i.e. :1° The active substance or substances. An active substance is any substance or mixt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

…to company accounts, establish one or more sub-ledger accounts for the commitments of these contracts. This provision may be applied individually to a contract. The sub-ledger accounts relating to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval

Article L214-24-24

…a general-purpose investment fund is subject to authorisation by the Autorité des marchés financiers.The Autorité des marchés financiers may withdraw its authorisation from any general-purpose invest…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-1

The provisions of articles L. 221-9 and L. 221-10 are provided for on pain of nullity of the contract concluded off-premises.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 221-35 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Ac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-2

…the French Southern and Antarctic Territories of the legislative provisions of Book I:1° In article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-2

The conditions under which the employers referred to in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 are required to transmit, by electronic means, the declaration referred to in I of article L. 1262-2-1 of this…

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