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Showing 421430 of 50639 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 15-2-2006 n° 231

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Infant formulae

Article L122-15

Manufacturers and distributors are prohibited from providing infant formulae, samples of these products or any other promotional gifts to the public free of charge, whether directly or indirectly thro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative penalties

Article L241-15

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 217-28 relating to the suspension of the guarantee period is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Professional activity

Article L414-15

The exercise by foreigners of certain self-employed professional activities may be subject to authorisation by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Capital increases

Article L212-15

Companies may carry out capital increases by issuing shares reserved for employees under the terms and conditions set out either in Articles L. 225-187 to L. 225-197 of the French Commercial Code or i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-153

By way of derogation from Article L. 214-24-24, the formation, transformation, merger, split or liquidation of a fund declared under this paragraph shall not be subject to authorisation by the Autorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-152

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-27 and L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-26-2 shall apply to AIFs covered by this paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Trial period.

Article L1251-15

The remuneration for the trial period may not differ from that provided for in the assignment contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-15

The universal employment-service voucher is : 1° Either redeemable at the establishments, institutions and services mentioned in article L. 1271-9; 2° Or reimbursable by the authorised bodies and esta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-15

The supplier of sealed radioactive sources is required to recover, at the holder's request, any source that it has distributed.Before any source is distributed, the supplier must provide a financial g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health monitoring

Article L1413-15

State services and local authorities, their public establishments, public and private health establishments, the armed forces health service, social and medico-social establishments and services, emer…

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