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Showing 58615870 of 21675 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 16 Nov. 2022 – no. 21-10.126

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Advertising of regulated commercial transactions

Article L121-22

Any advertising of:

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-11

…310-25-1 as well as Chapter VI of Title II of Book III of this Code, Articles L. 212-15 to L. 212-16 of the Code de la mutualité and Articles L. 931-18 to L. 931-18-2 of the Code de la sécurité soci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…hbourhoods for urban policy and exercises the competence defined in 2° bis of II of article L. 5214-16, this joint project includes a section on social and urban cohesion, making it possible to define…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-19

…refers the matter to the territorial audit chamber under the conditions set out in article LO 6471-16. The representative of the State then automatically makes the payment within fifteen days of rece…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Control of legality of public contracts

Article R2131-5

…on, certificates and declarations provided pursuant to articles R. 2143-6 to R. 2143-12 and R. 2143-16 of the public procurement code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6342-5

…on, certificates and declarations provided pursuant to articles R. 2143-6 to R. 2143-12 and R. 2143-16 of the public procurement code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-9

…ces included on the list drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-7

…s facilities required to host competitions, drawn up under the conditions set out in article L. 131-16. The Commission comprises : 1° The Director of Sport or his representative; 2° A representative o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…allocation sub-account mentioned in Article L. 142-4 and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French Accounting Standards Authority relating to the account…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…a technical device to access, including in an open standard within the meaning of Article 4 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, a work or object protected by a…

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