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Showing 23212330 of 29753 articles for Art. 14 mai 1970

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Interbank settlement systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article R754-18

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the commune of Marseille (R).

Article R2513-2

The Marseille municipal social action centre is subject to the provisions of articles 39 and 40 of decree no. 95-562 of 6 May 1995 relating to municipal and inter-municipal social action centres and t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to shooting licences issued by delegated federations

Article R131-47

…awn by the sports federation that has been delegated by the Minister for Sport under article L. 131-14 from persons registered in the national automated nominative file of persons banned from acquirin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2132-10

…tools. In this case, it shall offer one or more of the means of access mentioned in article R. 2132-14, until such time as these tools and devices have become commonly available to economic operators.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

…r as they are compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14, 815-15 and 815-16 must be sent to any bare owner and any usufructuary. However, a usufructuary m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the formation and performance of contracts

Article L252-1

…IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 222-1 to L. 222-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 222-7 and L. 222-8 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 222-9 to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-9

…not been published in the Trade and Companies Register as required by paragraph 2 of Article L. 221-14, the transferor or transferee may, after formal notice has been given by the manager to effect su…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-4

The professional indemnity insurance contract provided for in I of article R. 512-14 shall include obligations that may not be less than those defined below:1° The minimum level of cover under the ins…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-10

The organiser or retailer shall make the refunds required under II and III of article L. 211-14 or, under I of article L. 211-14, refund all payments made by the traveller or on his behalf less the ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-1

…pected of infringing a registered design are detained after a request referred to in article L. 521-14 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered design may be destroyed under the s…

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