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Showing 67316740 of 26326 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-11-2004 n° 1170

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-18

The provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy do not prevent the communication, to the competent authorities of the Member States of the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

The prohibition provided for in article L. 1453-3 is applicable : 1° To persons practising a health profession regulated by this code, to osteopaths and chiropractors mentioned inarticle 75 of law no.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-78

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the corporate governance report referred to in Article L. 226-10-1 includes the information, where applicable adapted for s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…es and former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4437-4

…les LO 6161-42 and LO 6161-43 in their wording in force before the publication of the loi organique n° 2010-1486 du 7 décembre 2010 relative au Département de Mayotte, and which came into force on 22…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the basin to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for packaging

Article R1322-36

The materials used for packaging natural mineral water, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-7

…enced offerer, including on what falls under advertising within the meaning of article 20 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance en l'économie numérique. Any online platform operator…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…iling that, from the twelfths provided for in article L. 2332-2 and in II of l'article 46 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006 de la commune. If, for a commune, this levy w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-2

In the event of non-performance of community service, the sentence enforcement judge may, of his or her own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the enforcemen…

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