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Showing 23112320 of 69500 articles for Art. 515-6 al. 1 and al. 2

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-6

…an one third, the average effective rate charged during the previous quarter by credit institutions and finance companies for transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, as defined by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-6

…finitive admission of claims provisionally admitted pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 622-24 and which have been the subject of a writ of execution or are no longer contested. When the of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article L722-6

…o the provisions relating to supplementary elections set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 723-11, judges of the commercial courts are elected for two years at the time of their first election…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Certification of conformity

Article L433-6

Any reference to certification in the advertising, labelling or presentation of any product or service, as well as on the commercial documents relating thereto, shall be accompanied by clear informati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article D2564-6

…cooperation or any legal entity under public law exercising competence relating to the construction and renovation of schools may receive a special grant for the construction and equipment of schools…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-6

…t out in the instrument setting up the imprest account. However, with the exception of registration and stamp duties for cemetery concessions, the taxes, duties and fees provided for in the General Ta…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

…detention is immediately informed by a customs officer, under the conditions set out in article 63-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: 1° Of his or her detention, as well as the duration of the meas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting cases of lead poisoning and lead exposure risks for minors - prescription and monitoring of work

Article R1334-6

When a risk of exposure to lead within the meaning of article R. 1334-3 is identified, the emergency procedure referred to in article L. 511-19 of the French Construction and Housing Code is applied.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

…presentative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons mentioned in 4° of Article 622-2 who intend to submit an application for review to the Court of Revision and Reconsideration may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3121-6

…eed the maximum daily working time on his own responsibility, in the cases envisaged in article D. 3121-4. If the employer has not yet submitted a request to exceed the maximum daily working time, he…

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