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Showing 681690 of 26757 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 11-DCC-214 du 29 Dec 2011

French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-2 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During this period, the consumer is only required to establish the existence of the lack of conformi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-3 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During a period of one year from the date of supply, the consumer is only required to establish the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-4 du code de la consommation

…ntation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity during a period of X as from the supply of the digital content or digital service. During this perio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-4

When the investigating chamber or the trial court that pronounces a decision that a person is not criminally responsible orders, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this Code, the compulsory hospita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-1

…lities with naturally asbestos-rich areas, exemptions may be granted from the obligation to measure dust levels and, where applicable, to carry out the work provided for in articles R. 1334-27 and R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-29-2

Share consolidations provided for in article L. 228-29-1 include the obligation for shareholders to make the purchases or sales of shares necessary to carry out the reverse split. The nominal value of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-29-2

Only the provisions of Section 4 of the chapitre II du titre II du livre III du code des procédures civiles d'exécution which are mentioned below. At the auction hearing, the procedure set out in sub-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5212-29-1

…5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 5212-29, to withdraw from the union in order to join a community of communes, or to withdraw from it one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder.

Article D47-29-8

In accordance with the provisions of 11° bis of I of Article 23 of Law no. 2003-239 of 18 March 2003 for internal security, the public prosecutor shall inform the manager of the wanted persons file of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-29-10

For the calculation of the ratios provided for in article L. 228-11, existing non-voting preference shares and investment certificates are taken into account. However, the application of the provision…

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