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Showing 15811590 of 19581 articles for Art. 21 mars 2001 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-8

…e application of the Community arbitration procedure provided for in Articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council when divergent decisions concerning the aut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…BLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 2018 prises en applicati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-1

…° 2014-873 of 4 August 2014 for real equality between women and men and of décret n° 2015-354 du 27 mars 2015 relatif à l'égal accès des femmes et des hommes aux commissions et instances consultatives…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…2017, with the exception of the last sentence of the third paragraph of I, and the references L. 1421-3 and L. 1435-7 mentioned in VI are deleted; 5° (Deleted) ; 6° In the last sentence of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules governing the use of currency

Article R734-2

Article R. 112-5 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended by Decree no. 2013-232 of 20 March 2013.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Electronic money

Article R754-14

Article R. 315-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services

Article R754-25

Article R. 353-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment services

Article R754-12

Article R. 314-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Adjustments to aid for small and medium-sized farms

Article 919-101

…t mentioned in article 232-33 or, where applicable, in the extension decision mentioned in article 121-9, is extended by one year when it was due to expire between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…icles L. 225-187 and L. 225-196 of this Code, as they read prior to the entry into force of Law No. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings schemes, of Article L. 225-197-1 of this code, of a…

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