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Showing 47914800 of 21821 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Apr. 2017 – no. 15-27.865

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transport and motor vehicles

Article L242-24

Any breach of article L. 224-66 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transport and motor vehicles

Article L242-25

Any breach of article L. 224-67 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and up to €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the conditions set out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-8

Failure by any manager of a payment institution to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), obstructing the ACPR in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-18

Failure by the directors of an electronic money institution to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, obstructing it in an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-8

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 761-5 and L. 761-7 as well as the provisions adopted in application of these articles shall be recorded and prosecuted under the conditions laid down by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions

Article D5134-11

For each post, the agreements signed with the private not-for-profit organisations may be amended to provide for the payment of part of the initial aid and the granting of a consolidation bonus of up…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…growth wage are replaced by references to the minimum wage; 6° In articles R. 421-1, R. 421-4, R. 426-16, R. 426-19 and R. 431-14, references to the provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by refe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Publicity and entry into force

Article L4141-2

…mporary or seasonal increase in activity, pursuant to 1° and 2° of article 3 of the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statuaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale;5° Req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibited work

Article D4154-1

…first group defined in 1° of II of Article R. 4451-99; 24° Carbon sulphide; 25° Tetrachloroethane; 26° Tetrachloromethane (or carbon tetrachloride); 27° Disinsectisation work on wood (spraying the pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Role of the social and economic committee

Article L1233-57-18

In companies with a central company social and economic committee, the establishment social and economic committees exercise the powers entrusted to the social and economic committee pursuant to Artic…

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