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Showing 14411450 of 3264 articles for Art. 24 mars 1998

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-22

The Director General takes, on behalf of the State: 1° Decisions relating to plant protection products and their adjuvants mentioned in Article L. 253-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and to f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-9

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article L. 2141-10, any embryo reception must be preceded by at least one interview between the couple or unmarried woman wishing to receive a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

The embryo register that must be kept by any health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to store embryos must mention :1° The identity of the couple or unmarried wom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° : Property damaged or unavailable outside France

Article 766

The basis of assessment for transfer duties on death relating to securities, sums, values or assets of any kind which have been made unavailable outside France as a result of measures taken by a forei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantee of the representation of funds and professional civil liability.

Article R814-20

The Board of Directors determines the management expenses of the guarantee fund and manages its assets. Before 31 March each year, it draws up the fund's balance sheet for the operations of the previo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of the jury

Article R2162-25

…competitions organised by purchasers other than those mentioned in articles R. 2162-23 and R. 2162-24, the members of the jury are appointed according to the rules specific to each establishment.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L341-37

If the lender or lessor fails to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles L. 313-24 and L. 313-25 and the second paragraph of article L. 313-38 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-3

…of significant intra-group transactions in accordance with the conditions set out in Article L. 612-24.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R512-3

…of the product rendered unusable shall be reimbursed under the conditions set out in article L. 512-24.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-7

For the application of article L. 622-24, the bodies referred to in Article L. 351-21 of the Labour Code are the New Caledonian bodies responsible for providing unemployment insurance benefits and col…

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