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Showing 15311540 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-6

…trary, the Commission may obtain information from public administrations, credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions, the bodies mentioned in 5 de l'ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2412-5

…pany social and economic committee before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by the occupational physician, or on expiry of the term when the employer does not intend…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

A person placed in customs detention is immediately informed by a customs officer, under the conditions set out in article 63-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: 1° Of his or her detention, as well a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

…y regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items, customs officers shall immobilise, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, non-Community c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-6

…social and environmental council; 2° To the environmental authority; 3° To the territorial conference on public action. The opinion is deemed to be favourable if it has not been given within three mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual dosimetric monitoring

Article R4451-64

…51-57 or when the effective dose assessed in application of 5° of Article R. 4451-53 is likely to exceed 6 millisieverts. II - For all other workers accessing delimited areas under Article R. 4451-24,…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-69

Amounts received by way of aid for professional integration are not repaid and the employer retains the benefit of the aid corresponding to the number of days worked by the employee whose initiative-e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 572

The retail price of each product, expressed per 1,000 units or per 1,000 grams, is the same throughout France and is freely determined by manufacturers and approved suppliers. For each package, the re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishments providing sailing instruction

Article A322-69

…er sports equipment and facilities provided by the establishments comply with the regulations in force and are properly maintained. In addition, they are appropriate for the purposes of the instructio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 211-64

…two investments per financial year. For a single cinematographic work, the sums invested may not exceed 10% of the estimated cost of that work, up to a limit of €230,000. This limit is raised to €500…

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