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Showing 52215230 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-5

Debts arising from pledge loans taken out with municipal credit unions pursuant to article L. 514-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may be deleted by applying the measures provided for in 2° of Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-52

I. - Articles L. 2334-1 and L. 2334-2, article L. 2334-7, with the exception of the second paragraph of 3°, the last paragraph of 4° and 5° of I, Articles L. 2334-8 and L. 2334-10 à L. 2334-12, the fi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L931-5

A article L. 133-7, the words: "customs duties, taxes, fees and fines relating to a transport operation" are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L941-5

In article L. 133-7, the words: "customs duties, taxes, charges and fines relating to a transport operation" are deleted.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L917-5

For the application of Article L. 712-7, the words: ", in particular those mentioned in 2° of Article L. 711-8," are deleted.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-5

…paragraph of Article L. 4433-7 is drawn up at a scale of between 1:50,000 and 1:100,000, with the exception of the sparsely populated areas of French Guiana for which a smaller scale or scales may be…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-5

To ensure that federations comply with their anti-doping obligations, the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage is empowered to : 1° Question the approved federations, under conditions that it de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-51

…lication of 7° of Article 696-50, the obligations listed in Article 138 may also be followed in France, under the same conditions.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-5

Where the court declares that it does not have jurisdiction, it may order the conservatory or provisional measures referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 662-7.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special provisions for overseas territories.

Article R421-59

Article L. 421-7 relating to protective measures ordered for the benefit of the victim or the guarantee fund is applicable only to the territory of Wallis and Futuna.

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