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Showing 23712380 of 19431 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 25 September 2019

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-16

…d contracts. The respective obligations of the parties to the contract, mentioned in article L. 224-25-22 and relating to the consequences of rescission for digital content and digital services, are a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-27

…r supplying the software, the conditions for authorising the persons mentioned in 1° of Article 230-25 and the procedures under which interested persons may exercise their right of access.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Health organisation

Article D382

…nformed by the head of the prison, under the conditions set out in the provisions of Article D. 115-25 of the same code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Coordinator training and training body.

Article R4532-34

The training of coordinators provided for in articles R. 4532-25 and R. 4532-26 may be provided by the Organisme professionnel de prévention dans le bâtiment et les travaux publics and by training bod…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-3

…s, strategies and procedures implemented by Class 2 investment firms to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and to identify, measure and manage the risks to which they are or may be exposed, as defi…

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

Article R391-1

…10 of Chapter IV and Titles V, VI and VII. "Article R. 310-4 is applicable as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019 transposing the regulatory provisions of Directive (EU) 2017/828 of 17…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-9

…e establishments mentioned in 3° of Article L. 6112-3 which, on the date of promulgation of Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 relating to the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article L5842-5

…5211-12 to L. 5211-15 are applicable in French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 relating to involvement in local life and the proximity of public acti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article R532-8-1

…e European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 if it is class 1a, or from Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 if it is class 2 or clas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-27

…contract, at no cost to the consumer other than those provided for in articles L. 221-23 to L. 221-25.

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