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Showing 54215430 of 24410 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 23-10-2008 n° 07-19.550

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L532-4

Failure to carry out measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 521-23 and L. 521-24 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article R231-1

The rules relating to breaches of the provisions of article R. 213-13 are defined inarticle 242 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Seaports (R).

Article R1614-24

The standardised models for the statistical statements referred to in articles R. 1614-22 and R. 1614-23 are set by joint orders of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for the Sea.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: EC type-examination.

Article R5211-41-1

For the purposes of the EC declaration of conformity procedure referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 5211-40 and the EC type-examination procedure referred to in the first paragraph of Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-33

If the requests provided for in Article 706-53-10, the public prosecutor shall inform the department managing the file of the decision, which shall immediately proceed, depending on the case, to delet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-16

When the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6122-10 relating to renewal of authorisation are applied, the application is submitted as provided for in Article R. 6122-28. In this case, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains on securities realised by private individuals

Article 248 B

…150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the securities received in exchange, the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-17

…pursuant to the contractual provisions in force on 13 May 1991, the date of promulgation of the loi n° 91-428 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16-2

…I of Article L. 5214-16 or the organisation of public passenger transport within the meaning of loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs, la communauté de communes pe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-22

I. - No proceedings based on articles 226-10, 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Criminal Code may be brought against : a) The persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 or their directors and officers or the…

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