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Showing 17411750 of 3953 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1985

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-31

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L6242-1

…responding functions is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided for inarticle 433-17 of the Criminal Code for natural persons, and in articles 433-17 and 433-25 of the same code for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-24

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-75

…an inspection mission under the conditions provided for inarticle 5 of decree no. 85-603 of 10 June 1985 relating to health and safety at work and to professional and preventive medicine in the local…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432

…t the expense of the convicted person in accordance with article 243 of law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the reorganisation and judicial liquidation of companies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grouping of departments

Article L3114-1

…nts concerned includes mountain areas within the meaning of article 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 on the development and protection of mountain areas. Its opinion is deemed to be favourable if…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Explanations to be provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article D312-8

The supporting documents referred to in article L. 312-17 are as follows: 1° Any proof of the borrower's domicile; and 2° Any proof of the borrower's income; and 3° Any proof of the borrower's identit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Contracts for the decoration of public buildings above the European thresholds

Article R2372-15

The provisions of article R. 2172-17 apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-132

Transfers of finance leases (numbers 116 and 117 of Table 5) give rise to the levying of:1° In the case of a straightforward transfer, a fee proportional to the amount of the residual investment on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-3

As stated in Article 511-17 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: Art. 511-17-The act of conceiving human embryos in vitro or creating them by cloning for industrial or commercial purposes is punish…

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