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Showing 41314140 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Credits

Article L752-6

…companies may grant, from their available long-term resources, assistance to agricultural, craft, industrial or commercial companies in the form of equity loans."; 2° The provisions of Articles L. 313…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation, transfer or regrouping

Article R5125-6

…s in neighbouring municipalities, provided that this does not compromise the supply of medicinal products in the municipality of origin.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-64

Deeds for the delivery of legacies (numbers 9 and 10 of table 5) give rise to the collection of a proportional emolument:1° According to the following scale, with regard to the deed with discharge, ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-66

Notarisation (numbers 13 to 15 of table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° A fixed fee of €56.60, in the case of notarisation after death, recording the devolution of the estate;2° A proportional f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-6

Any additional information provided to the borrower by the creditor or credit intermediary, in particular in the event of application of the rules relating to canvassing or those relating to credit co…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: National Design Litigation

Article D521-6

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts with exclusive jurisdiction to hear design actions pursuant to Article L. 521-3-1 of the Intellectual Property Code are set in accordance with Table VI…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-6

…list is sent to the Minister for Health, the Minister for Customs, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Agence de la biomédecine.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-64

The provisions of articles R. 5124-3-1, with the exception of the last paragraph, R. 5124-4, R. 5124-48, R. 5124-57-1 to R. 5124-57-6 and R. 5124-60 are applicable to health establishments authorised…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-6

…to their withdrawal are taken, insofar as they fall within the remit of the Etablissement Français du Sang, by the President of the establishment, after obtaining the opinion of the Board of Director…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-6

For the application of article L. 751-2 in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, are not applicable:1° The reference to paragraph 8 of Article L. 511-6 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° The last pa…

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