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Showing 98119820 of 30432 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-6-1986 n° 84-17.222

French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-223

In the context of freedom of establishment, when the Minister responsible for sport considers, after obtaining the opinion of the permanent mountaineering section of the training and employment commis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L354-4

…ES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 and L. 342-4 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

…ions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal councils of the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Neighbourhood noise.

Article R1337-10-1

Repeated offences under article R. 1337-6 are punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…on (EC) No 2006/2004; 6° Du d du 3, du 8 de l'article 5 et des articles 8,9 et 16 du règlement (UE) n° 260/2012 du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 14 mars 2012 modifié, établissant des exigences…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-1

The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints' Day…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article R410-1

The act of selling, offering for sale or promoting goods, products or services at prices set in violation of the regulations adopted pursuant to Article L. 410-2 or those having the same purpose adopt…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Services relating to registers

Article A743-10-1

Services relating to the register of beneficial owners give rise to the collection of a fixed fee in accordance with the table below: Service number (table 2 of article appendix 4-7) Sub-category Desc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-16-1

The committee referred to inarticle L. 4241-6 is responsible for applying articles L. 4241-7, L. 4241-11, L. 4241-14 and L. 4241-16.

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