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Showing 22512260 of 44208 articles for Art. Loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article L811-2

…onal activity. However, associations emanating from consumer cooperative societies, governed by the loi du 7 mai 1917 ayant pour objet l'organisation du crédit aux sociétés coopératives de consommatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…ransferred to the regions as a result of the transfer of powers provided for in Article 21-1 of the loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs' are compensated under th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Electricity distribution and generation

Article R2224-33

…ned by the decree of 8 October 1917 on public administration regulations for the application of the loi du 15 juin 1906 et fixant les conditions de l'exploitation en régie des distributions d'énergie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R3333-6

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of the public domain by all the works established by a private individual by virtue of permissions de voirie or by all the works constituting a…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-6

…to his attention in the film distribution sector. This referral may be made under an emergency procedure, in accordance witharticle L. 464-1 of the French Commercial Code. The mediator may also refer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-1

Medicinal products subject to compulsory prescription shall be provided with the unique identifier referred to in Article R. 5121-138-2, unless they are exempt from this requirement due to their prese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure

Article R5121-51-3

…the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, for a medicinal product which is authorised neither in the European Community nor in the European Economic Area, the ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-20

…gement and determine the powers of the managers under the conditions provided by l'article 11 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-3

…lot: 1° That, within ten days of receiving the collection of information and, at the latest, before 15 May, he or she is required to complete it and send it to the chairman of the committee provided f…

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