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Showing 51715180 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products which may only be sold in bulk under certain conditions

Article D120-6

I. - The provisions of this article apply to the following products: 1° Single-use materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs that cannot be washed before use; 2° Single-use…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-233

…sferring these receivables to the entity and the acceptance documents referred to in Article D. 214-227-1; 2° The assignor or the person or institution responsible for collecting the receivables assig…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

I. - The articles D. 2252-1 and R. 2252-2 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For its application in French Polynesia, Article D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions relating to the number of medical biology laboratories in certain health establishments

Article D6222-11

I.-When, in application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 6222-4 and without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article D. 6222-6 relating to the opening of laborat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-18

The rapporteurs of each committee are placed under the authority of its chairman, who draws up a list of rapporteurs from among serving or retired administrative judges or civil servants, with the agr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article D224-21

…ers, shall check the information present in the tool mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 224-43 from the first alert and for each subsequent alert. Verification of the information present i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article D221-5

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 221-9 relating to the appointment of a statutory auditor, the balance sheet total is set at 4,000,000 euros, the amount of turnover excluding…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-3

…ng must be in the same region as that where the head office of this agreement is located; 4° Of the duration of the contract; 5° Of the delimitation of the geographical area covered by the grouping. A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-3

…Quality of coordination of the judicial police activity of the service or unit; 3. Quality of procedures and drafting of reports and minutes; 4. Quality of findings and technical investigations; 5. V…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: The share savings plan.

Article D221-109

…subject of a written contract between the subscriber and one of the bodies mentioned in article L. 221-30.This contract informs the subscriber that only one plan may be opened per adult natural perso…

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