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Showing 55715580 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Adding value to products and services

Article L453-10

…nishable under articles L. 453-1 to L. 453-8, the court may also order the judgment to be displayed and distributed under the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the Penal Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-10

Unless otherwise provided, the conditions of application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-10

…Title II of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Article L. 3121-5, shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands subject to the adaptations provided for in this Article.Chapter I of Title II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-10

Decrees or orders approving establishments as general shops may include authorisation for the operator to open a public sales room for wholesale goods.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-10

…giving access to the capital of the legal entity which has been the subject of the opening judgment and which are held, directly or indirectly by the de jure or de facto directors, whether remunerated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-10

The court that declares personal bankruptcy may order disqualification from holding an elective public office. The disqualification is pronounced for a period equal to that of the personal bankruptcy,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-10

Auditors and any person participating in an audit assignment shall be appointed in such a way as to avoid any conflict of interest with the statutory auditors who are the subject of the audits.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article L522-10

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-10

The commission may hear any person and be provided with any document with a view to carrying out its mission.The secretariat is provided by the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumer Affairs an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Legal proceedings before civil and administrative courts

Article 1089 B

The acts of the secretariats of the judicial and administrative courts are not subject to registration duty or any other tax provided for by this code.

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