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Showing 52315240 of 25706 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 December 1991 · Cass. com. 12 November 1992 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 November 1987

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article R224-31

The obligation set out in article L. 224-109 is not applicable when parts from the circular economy are not available within the timeframe compatible with the date or timeframe for the provision of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-37

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-33

For the purposes of this section, durable medium means: a durable medium within the meaning of 8° of the introductory article.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 12: Maintenance and repair of household electrical or electronic equipment

Article D224-35

…rvices for equipment requiring the use of a part falling within a category mentioned in article R. 224-32, the trader, before the consumer accepts the offer, allows the consumer to opt for the use of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Milk products, colostrum and milk or non-milk fats

Article R412-28

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of points 1 and 2 of Chapter IV, 1 and 2 of Section IX "Raw milk, colostrum, milk products and colostrum-based products" o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific contracts mentioned in I of Article L. 6147-12

Article R6147-142

The specific contract referred to in I of article L. 6147-12 provides for the funding allocated to the armed forces health service under the regional intervention fund in application of article L. 143…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-5

…thorisation provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, management and other aspects of the auctioning of greenhouse gas emi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VII: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L471-1

…nds in the version in force at the time of promulgation of the aforementioned law no. 92-1441 of 31 December 1992.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Enforcement of the judgment and individual compensation for damages

Article L1143-11

…the framework of the individual procedure provided for in Articles 69 to 71 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century and in Articles L. 77-10-10 to L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities

Article D48-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article D. 48-14, the public prosecutor may not resume enforcement of the pecuniary penalty if the non-recognition of the penalty is based on…

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