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Showing 491500 of 32219 articles for Art. Décret 87-713 du 26-8-1987

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-26-1

The authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 331-26 is issued by order of the prefect of the département of the place of departure.For sporting events originating from abroad,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-26

…ded for users of two- or three-wheeled motor vehicles for use on public roads. 3. Eye protection products : - articles for the protection of the eye against solar radiation, including those used for o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-26

…designate to the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, for the implementation of their customer due diligence obligations set out in this chapter: 1° Transactions that present a significant risk o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-6

…als a large number of patients requiring psychiatric care, the facility must have a psychiatrist on duty at all times. If this psychiatrist is not a member of the emergency department team, he or she…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…overing civil liability in accordance with the provisions of article L. 211-1 of this Code are reproduced below: "Art. L. 324-2-I.-The act, including negligence, of putting or keeping in circulation a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26

…ulating the "life underwriting risk", "non-life underwriting risk" and "health underwriting risk" modules, under the conditions set out in Article R. 352-11, or, in the cases mentioned in Article L. 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-26

…notified of decisions on conditional release, revocation of conditional release, withdrawal of a reduction in sentence ordered pursuant to Articles 721,721-2 or 723-35, by notices sent to it by the d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-26

…eral may inform the person referred to in the first paragraph of this article of the facts gathered during this extension of the inspection, without prejudice to the professional secrecy referred to i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 D

…33-1 of the Construction and Housing Code, the activity of which does not give rise to a right to deduction.d. (Not applicable).

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