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Showing 68016810 of 25349 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 16-11-2022 n° 21-18.527

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article D314-15

The average effective rates that have been charged during a calendar quarter by credit institutions for categories of transactions of the same nature involving similar risks, mentioned in article L. 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-3

In the event of failure to comply with the rules laid down in application of 9° of article L. 5141-16 relating to advertising, the Agency may:1° Order the suspension or prohibition of advertising ;2°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services.

Article R353-1

Any person canvassing for banking and financial services as defined in article L. 341-1, with the exception of the cases mentioned in the seventh paragraph of this article, failing to provide the pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Business project support contract

Article R5142-2

When the beneficiary registers his company and makes the declaration provided for inarticle R. 123-16 of the French Commercial Code, the single body referred to in article R. 123-1 of the same code wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-19

Any sum paid by the association mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code in application of Articles L. 143-11-1 to L. 143-11-3 of the same code gives rise to a declaration to the tax author…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 108

Children under the age of 16 are heard without oath.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article R930-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-6

Articles R. 112-11-1 to R. 112-11-4 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration (Code on relations between the public and the administration) are, unless otherwise provided for in th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services by undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, the Mutual Insurance Code and the Social Security Code

Article R321-32

I.-Any person subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to B of I of Article L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of the undert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration on the jobseekers' list

Article R5221-48

To be registered on the jobseekers' list, foreign workers must hold one of the following documents and residence permits: 1° The residence permit issued pursuant to 5° of the…

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