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Showing 911920 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Renewal and termination of contracts

Article L215-4

The provisions of articles L. 215-1 to L. 215-3 and L. 241-3 are reproduced in full in the contracts for the provision of services to which they apply.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article D351-1

…Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 D. 312-26 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018 on the dematerialisation of contractual relations in the financial sector D. 312-27 to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title Ia: Home insurance

Article L215-3

Any clause in reinsurance treaties that excludes the risks referred to in Articles L. 215-1 and L. 215-2 from the reinsurance guarantee due to the pricing adopted by the central pricing office is null…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commission for post-completion aid

Article 411-95

The Commission des aides après réalisation is made up of seven members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2313-2

…public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, under the conditions of II of article L. 5211-30. In both cases, the compensation provided for in I of D of the article 44 of the Finance Act for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…irst paragraph of article R. 2241-19 of the Transport Code; c) Article 5 of Decree no. 2008-1455 of 30 December 2008 relating to the declaration and identification of certain motorised vehicles not au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-14

…lth or any action taken to withdraw a batch is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-18

…recruits, appoints and manages the civil servants whose status is governed by decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of resea…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-194

The substantial difference within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-62

For the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of 1° of IV of article L. 214-30, the workforce is determined by the sum of the company's workforce and the workforce of each of the companies mentio…

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