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Showing 51015110 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Distribution of electronic money

Article L525-9

…rs that use one or more persons to distribute electronic money within the meaning of Article L. 525-8 shall comply with the regulatory provisions relating to outsourcing. II. - Where an electronic mon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
2. Steering Committee

Article R1142-47

…Cohesion; 6° A representative of the Director General of the Treasury; 7° Three qualified persons; 8° Three user representatives appointed from among the members of associations of patients and users…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

…Occupational exposure limit value Occupational exposure limit value Comments Transitional measures 8h (3) short term (4) mg/ m3 (5) ppm (6) fibres per cm3 mg/ m3 ppm fibres per cm3 Ethyl acetate 205-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67

…econd paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article L. 227-1, articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-16, L. 227-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

…tract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L. 172-28, L. 172-31, L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-16

…aims guaranteed by the preferential right provided for in articles L. 3253-2, L. 3253-4 and L. 7313-8 and claims advanced under 3° of article L. 3253-8, during receivership or compulsory liquidation p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Boundaries and signs

Article R4451-24

…mpliance with the occupational exposure limit values provided for in articles R. 4451-6 and R. 4451-8 to be guaranteed. II.-The employer shall put in place: 1° Specific signs appropriate to the design…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-11

…bid is allowed when the sale has taken place in the forms prescribed by articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L221-6

…igations to provide information concerning the additional charges mentioned in article L. 112-3 and 8° of Article L. 221-5, the consumer is not liable for payment of these costs.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-13

…blic limited companies which belong to the public sector by virtue of the aforementioned law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 and the aforementioned law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973.

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