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Showing 22512260 of 2822 articles for Art. 22 avr. 1980

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

…iciency virus infections, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections. " 2° Article D. 3121-22 reads as follows: "Art. D. 3121-22.-The director of the health agency shall send the chief execut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

…to be developed in accordance with the consumer's specifications. With the exception of articles L. 224-25-10 and L. 224-25-11, they also apply to the supply of digital content on a physical medium us…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-16

…d the entire contract. In addition, in the case of a bundled offer within the meaning of article L. 224-42-2, the consumer has the right to rescind all related contracts. The respective obligations of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for executing a payment transaction

Article L133-10

…ification if the refusal is objectively justified.For the purposes of Articles L. 133-13 and L. 133-22, a refused payment order is deemed not to have been received.II. - In the case of direct debits,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-10

…ncerned and the group itself, to apply to the group the second method referred to in Article R. 356-22, based on deduction and aggregation, or a combination of the first and second methods, if the exc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter V: Overseas departments. Establishment and conservation of the land register

Article 1649 decies

…ldings, with a view to implementing the reform of land registration carried out by the décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 modifié et les textes pris pour son application.In the Department of Mayotte, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-16

…he end of this period, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may apply Article L. 5125-22.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-70

…lan under the Insurance Code are life insurance operations which come under classes of activity 20, 22, 23 and 26 of article R. 321-1 of this code and which include a surrender value or reduction and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of furniture by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article R321-67

…as mentioned in 3° of Article R. 321-18and the professional examination mentioned in article R. 321-22, the person concerned shall, at his or her choice, undergo an aptitude test before the selection…

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