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Showing 45414550 of 8536 articles for Art. CE 27-11-2019 n° 418379

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: PENALTIES

Article R132-1

Refusals to sell or provide services, in disregard of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 121-11, are punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences. Recidivism is punishable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police

Article L2573-19

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title I of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-29

…h of article L. 421-27, as well as the couple's children, will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché mobile ICT (famille)" under the same conditions as thos…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article R421-49

For the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 421-27, the issue of a multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile seconded employee" may also be refused to the foreign natio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L773-13

…sulting fromOrder no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010, is applicable in New Caledonia subject to the replacement of all occurrences of the words: "la Poste, under the conditions defined by article L. 518-25…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L774-13

…ting fromOrder no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010, is applicable in French Polynesia subject to the replacement of all occurrences of the words: "la Poste, under the conditions defined by article L. 518-25…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-2

Employing an apprentice for work in excess of eight hours per day or the legal weekly working hours set by article L. 3121-27 of the French Labour Code and article L. 713-2 of the French Rural and Mar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article R5211-5-1

The provisions of articles R. 2123-11-1 to R. 2123-11-6 and the articles R. 2123-22-1-A to R. 2123-22-1-D are applicable to public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax stat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to certain group provident and insurance operations.

Article A441-4

…free interest rate curve used to calculate the best estimate referred to in Article R. 351-2.Insurance undertakings may apply a volatility adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve refe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-30

…or distribution.In the cases provided for in articles R. 1321-27 and R. 1321-29, where non-compliance with quality limits is considered a potential danger to human health, the person responsible for…

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