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Showing 821830 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Unjustified geographical blocking

Article L121-23

Subject to the provisions of article L. 132-24-1, a trader is prohibited from: 1° Blocking or limiting a consumer's access to its online interface, by using technological or other measures, for reason…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quality control

Article D6221-23

I.-The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) determines an annual program…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Lighting

Article R4324-23

Work, adjustment or maintenance areas on work equipment are adequately lit for the work to be carried out.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
XVI: Leasing transactions

Article 239 sexies

…a société immobilière pour le commerce et l'industrie is less than the difference between the value of the property when the agreement was signed and the total amount of depreciation that the lessee w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-4

…when the following conditions are met: 1° Cinematographic establishments organise an average number of film screenings per cinema equal to or greater than 400 per year during the reference period defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Drawing up agreements with third parties

Article R1261-23

…an entity other than the authorised establishment which houses a body reception facility, the head of the body reception facility shall send the head of this entity a draft agreement. This draft agre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-23

The trial period and the possibility of renewing it are not presumed. They must be expressly stipulated in the letter of engagement or the employment contract.

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

Article R722-23

The declaration of interests and, where applicable, the supplementary declaration(s) shall be submitted by the interested party to the authorities mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-23

…amination procedure is the procedure by which a notified body ascertains and certifies that a model of machinery or personal protective equipment conforms to the relevant technical rules.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Abstentions, impediments and challenges

Article R4234-23

I.-A member of the court who considers that there are grounds for disqualification in his or her person or who conscientiously considers that he or she should abstain shall be replaced by another memb…

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