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Showing 26512660 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation and performance of the contract

Article L341-12

If the lender or seller claims or receives, in breach of the provisions of article L. 312-25 and, for an affected credit agreement, those of article L. 312-50, from the borrower or buyer a payment in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-12

Curatorship ends: 1° By the allocation of all assets to the payment of debts and legacies; 2° By the realisation of all assets and the consignment of the net proceeds; 3° By the restitution of the est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation conditions

Article R5125-12

A person who fulfils the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of article L. 5125-2 and intends to practise pharmacy concurrently with one of the professions of doctor, dental surgeon, midwife o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the parties

Article 696-131

…e with articles 87 and 89 that when one of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of article 696-130 has been performed. The civil party has the rights provided for in Article 89-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-13

In the fourth paragraph of Article L. 462-7: 1° In the first sentence, the words: ", a national competition authority of another Member State of the European Union or the European Commission" are dele…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions relating to the preparation, qualification, processing, storage and transport of breast milk

Article D2323-13

The lactarium is required to ensure: 1° The preparation of milk packaging; 2° The biological qualification and bacteriological analyses of donated milk; 3° The treatment of breast milk by pasteurisati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

Officers are empowered to investigate and record: 1° Infringements of the regulatory provisions adopted pursuant to II of article L. 231-1, articles L. 231-5, L. 231-6, L. 236-1, L. 236-2 and L. 236-4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable before the criminal court

Article 706-133

If it considers that the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Penal Code are applicable, the criminal court shall render a judgment declaring the person not criminally responsible…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-138

The portfolio transfers referred to in Article L. 324-1 of the Code, relating to the undertakings referred to in Article R. 322-132, are carried out by the company or fund referred to in Article R. 32…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-13

…nurse's responsibility within the framework of his or her competence as determined by articles L. 4311-1 and R. 4311-1 et seq. If a request for information goes beyond the nurse's field of competence,…

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