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Showing 33813390 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-3-1

It is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros for companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products not to make public the precise purpos…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R213-10

When an account funded by remuneration from work is the subject of a direct payment procedure on the basis of this chapter, the garnishee shall in any event leave at the disposal of the debtor, withou…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Private project management

Article L2431-2

The project management assignment includes all or some of the elements of design, assistance, direction and control defined by regulation.These elements may vary according to:1° The project owner;2° T…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3411-7

When the concessionaire is unable to meet the deadline for the performance of one or more obligations under the contract, or when such timely performance would require resources whose mobilisation wou…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Participation of an economic operator in the preparation of the contract

Article R2111-2

The purchaser shall take appropriate measures to ensure that competition is not distorted by the participation in the contract award procedure of an economic operator who has had access to information…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-35

Until the borrower accepts the offer, no payment in any form whatsoever may be made by the lender to or on behalf of the borrower, or by the borrower to the lender, in respect of the transaction in qu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article L314-1

In all cases, for the purposes of determining the overall effective rate of the loan, as well as the effective rate taken as a reference, any direct or indirect charges, taxes, commissions or remunera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-5

If, for a single offence, extradition is requested concurrently by several States, it shall be granted in preference to the State against whose interests the offence was directed, or to the State on w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-5

Where the contractor intends, after notification of the contract, to entrust to subcontractors benefiting from direct payment the performance of services for an amount greater than that indicated in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-11

The person mentioned in article L. 481-1 that has benefited from a total exemption from a financial penalty under a leniency procedure is only jointly and severally liable to compensate the damage suf…

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