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Showing 19711980 of 64618 articles for Art. I-3-2°

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-51

As regards the offence referred to in Article L. 341-50, the statute of limitations for public action runs from the date of the last collection of either interest or capital.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-50

Granting a usurious loan to another person or assisting, in any capacity or in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in obtaining or granting a usurious loan or a loan that would become usurious…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-3-2

Information in electronic form relating to the rights regime of the producer of a database, within the meaning of Article L. 331-11, benefit from the protection provided for in Article L. 335-4-2.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article D214-31-2

The annual and half-yearly reports are published within the following deadlines, starting from the end of the periods to which they refer:1° Four months for the annual report ;2° Two months for the ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-3-2

Civil servants, State workers and contract employees under public law working in an armed forces hospital or in another component of the armed forces health service, made available to a public law gro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-3

The deferred committal order entails obligations for the convicted person who is not detained for another reason: 1° To respond to the summons to appear within a period that may not exceed one month b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-3-2

In all cases where the Agency's inspectors identify an infringement likely to result in criminal proceedings, the Agency's Director General will forward the report(s) referred to in Article L. 5411-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-3

The manufacturer is required to update the risk analysis and management system referred to in Article R. 5211-23-2 by analysing all elements relating to the medical devices he manufactures and taking…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-21-3

The employer must prove that he has referred the matter to the body referred to in Article R. 4722-21-2 within the time limit set and must forward the results of the technical inspection to the Labour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-3

Before prescribing the examination of genetic characteristics referred to in article R. 1131-20-1, the prescribing doctor shall ask the person whether he or she has donated gametes or, where applicabl…

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