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Showing 10211030 of 66828 articles for Art. L 1224-1 · Directive 2001/23/CE du 12 mars 2001 · Cass. soc. 7 July 1998 · Cass. soc. 27 February 2013 · Cass. soc. 26 June 2008

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-2

I. - UCITS shall transmit, either directly or via the management company which manages them, the information concerning them to an approved body with legal personality responsible for managing a singl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-2

By way of derogation from I of article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense, by way of substitution for the biological medicinal product prescribed, a similar biological medicinal product where the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

By way of derogation from I of Article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense a comparable product by way of substitution for the product prescribed if the following conditions are met: 1° This produ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-27

Reasons shall be given for a refusal to enforce a financial penalty or for the impossibility of enforcing it, and the competent authority of the issuing State shall be notified without delay by any me…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-1

Once the delegation contract referred to in article L. 131-14 has been signed, the decision by the Minister for Sport granting the delegation to a federation is made after consultation with the French…

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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
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-12-2

I.-For the sole purpose of detecting the presence in an athlete's sample and the use by that athlete of a substance or method prohibited pursuant to Article L. 232-9, the laboratory accredited by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-23

If the borrower exercises his right of withdrawal, he is no longer bound by the service contract ancillary to the credit agreement.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-23

In the event of a partial transfer of assets, the price is paid to the debtor subject to the application of Article L. 626-22.

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

Article L221-23

The consumer shall return or restitute the goods to the trader or to a person designated by the latter, without undue delay and, at the latest, within fourteen days of communicating his decision to wi…

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