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Showing 22612270 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Information on public water supplies

Article D1321-103

…includes in particular:-the results of the analysis of the samples provided for in articles R. 1321-15 to R. 1321-22 and their sanitary interpretation by the Director General of the Regional Health Ag…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R531-1

…t that a holder of goods has failed to keep a sample left in his custody pursuant to article R. 512-15 or having altered its condition is punishable by the penalty laid down for 5th class offences. Re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-17-1-1

Any failure by the external valuation experts referred to in article L. 214-24-15 to comply with the laws, regulations and professional obligations applicable to them is subject to sanctions imposed b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Sociétés d'aménagement foncier et d'établissement rural (land development and rural establishment companies)

Article 1028 ter

…accompanied by an undertaking by the purchaser on behalf of himself and his successors in title to maintain that purpose for a period of ten years from the transfer of ownership, shall not give rise…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 E

…ration slip requested;b) 30 € per descriptive statements of division or co-ownership regulations;c) 15 € for the copy of a document other than those mentioned in a and b;2° Where the applicant does no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-20

…rative registration number by which the beneficiary of the authorisations mentioned in I of Article 15-4 is identified in the procedural documents that it draws up or in which it is cited is defined b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article L236-30

…the conditions and with the effects provided for in the second to last paragraphs of article L. 236-15.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-21

…new application does not constitute a substantial modification within the meaning of Article L. 752-15 of this Code, it may be submitted directly to the National Commission for Commercial Development.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-27

…ates, for a fixed renewable term, some of its powers from among those mentioned in 2°, 8°, 9°, 10°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 19°, 20° and 21°. In matters other than those mentioned in this article, the General…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…y or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of the aforementioned Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 or the management of related professional interests or family interests ;3° With the status of…

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