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Showing 14311440 of 25706 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 December 1991 · Cass. com. 12 November 1992 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 November 1987

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal cheques and payment cards

Article L773-17

The postal cheque service is managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications.Subject to approval by the Office des postes et télécommunications, any person may open a postal current account.Pos…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Postal cheques and payment cards

Article L774-17

The postal cheque service is managed by the Office des postes et télécommunications.Subject to approval by the Office des postes et télécommunications, any person may open a postal current account.Pos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-17

I. - Collective water misting systems are supplied directly with water from a water distribution network intended for human consumption which has not undergone any heat treatment.II. - If it is not po…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-17

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has established that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-14 are no longer met, the financial holding company, the parent undertaking of a finance company…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-17

…its subcontractors out to tender; 4° The information provided for in articles R. 2393-7 to R. 2393-12 when it requires the holder to subcontract part of the contract; 5° An undertaking to award the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-12

Application for the transfer of approval, and the investigation and approval of the transfer of approval are carried out under the same conditions as those laid down for the issue of approval.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-12

…ion is issued for a period of five years. It specifies the differences mentioned in article R. 5141-123-8 with the speciality that has obtained marketing authorisation in France. An extract of the aut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-17

The violation of the prohibition mentioned in article L. 121-12 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the bene…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-17

The service providers mentioned in 1° of article R. 2122-14 process all the data with a view to drawing up the electoral roll, in accordance with articles R. 2122-12 to R. 2122-16 . It forwards the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

When the Regional Commission considers that the injury can be compensated under II of article L. 1142-1, or under article L. 1142-1-1, the Office will make an offer of compensation to the victim or th…

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