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Showing 38313840 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…cerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC; 9° Counterfeit goods; 10° Labile blood products and plasma pastes mentioned i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

…tation of this article. Caisse des dépôts et consignations organises, in compliance with law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, the appropriate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-10-2

…shable by the penalties incurred for the offence of usurpation of title provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal Code. VII.-When imposing a disciplinary penalty for a breach of the provisions of Se…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 28: Energy labelling

Article R412-43-1

…of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of electronic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…everal States, the procedures and means for facilitating the implementation of resolution measures; 17° The possibility that one or more resolution measures may be effectively implemented with regard…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12

…n the first paragraph of Article L. 5123-2 of this Code or in the first paragraph of Article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code and for which the company concerned has submitted, or undertakes to s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-1

…atory to comply with the rules relating to the location of sites provided for in Article L. 6222-5; 17° Failure by a medical biology laboratory to comply with the rules governing the practice and work…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

…he financial and asset conditions provided for in the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article L. 5211-17.The syndicate resulting from the merger is automatically substituted, for the exercise of its pow…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L773-29

…hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the version resulting fromL. 532-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L774-29

…hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 532-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of th…

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