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Showing 80418050 of 12694 articles for Art. CAA Lyon 19-8-2021 n° 19LY01666

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article L314-9

The provisions of articles L. 314-6 to L. 314-8 do not apply to loans granted to a natural person acting for professional purposes or to a legal entity engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisational rules.

Article L4132-7

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 4124-10-1, L. 4132-8 and L. 4132-8-1, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance of the Ordre des Médecins comprises eight full members and eight alternate mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-4

The Minister responsible for the economy shall publish in the real estate register or the land register any decision or deed terminating a freezing order that has been published pursuant to Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

I. - A decree defines the maximum amounts of payment, expenditure or storage of funds below which payment instruments designed to guarantee compliance with these thresholds are considered to be reserv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-6

As stated in Article 511-19 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:Art. 511-19.-I.-The fact of carrying out a study or research on the human embryo:1° Without having first obtained the written consent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2

For its application in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Article L. 5134-19-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 5134-19-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of electoral rolls

Article R4031-29

Electoral rolls may be consulted by any voter, in particular by electronic means after identification in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 4031-34-1. Any elector may request rectifi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Trusts

Article 238 quater M

The trustee is bound by the reporting obligations normally incumbent on companies subject to the partnership tax regime defined in Article 8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-11

In article L. 4124-8, the words "of the departmental council" are replaced by the words "of the body of New Caledonia or French Polynesia".

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