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Showing 57015710 of 7796 articles for Art. CE 29-12-1995 n° 118754

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-30

…borrower signs the offer referred to in article L. 313-24, the lender may not refuse another insurance contract as collateral, provided that this contract offers a level of cover equivalent to the ins…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-32

The lender may not, in return for accepting as collateral an insurance contract other than the insurance contract it offers, including in the event of exercise of the right of cancellation pursuant to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-134

Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office decides not to exercise its jurisdiction, the public prosecutor hearing the investigation or the investigating judge hearing the information shall remain…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-64

…ined inarticle L. 123-12 of the French Commercial Code. Its annual accounts are drawn up in accordance with the procedures defined by a regulation of the French Accounting Standards Authority (Autorit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Additional penalties

Article L823-16

…lly liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 823-11 or in Article L. 823-12 of this Code shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article D591-2

…f the Constitution: 1° In Article D. 521-12, the words: "as well as the state of progress of the procedures for determining the State responsible for examining the asylum application and transfer, in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D593-5

…ok to Saint-Martin: 1° In article D. 521-12, the words: "as well as the state of progress of the procedures for determining the State responsible for examining the asylum application and transfer, in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-14

Where the activity of the intermediary association is carried out under the conditions of this sub-section, the following shall not apply: 1° Sanctions relating to temporary work, as provided for in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article R5215-2-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article R5216-1

The maximum allowances voted, pursuant to article

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