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Showing 15311540 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-51

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019, as amended, on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-18

…mprest accounts may be set up in the establishment under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-14

The Director of the Institut National de la Consommation may set up revenue and expenditure imprest accounts under the conditions set out in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 relating to revenue…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

For small and medium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the "home-made" label

Article L122-21

The title of maître-restaurateur distinguishes natural persons who run a company operating a catering business or carry out their activity there for the quality of their establishment and their cuisin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Information on the existence of repackaged offers

Article L122-25

Any trader offering new mobile terminal equipment for sale or hire shall inform the consumer of the existence of offers of reconditioned mobile terminal equipment..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the "home-made" label

Article L122-20

…the premises from raw products. Products, determined by regulation, may enter into the composition of "home-made" dishes after having undergone a transformation from their raw state necessary for the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the "home-made" label

Article L122-19

Persons or companies that process or distribute food products as part of a permanent or occasional, main or ancillary commercial catering, mass catering or takeaway sales of prepared meals, specify on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Debt securities

Article L744-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-19

The institution's Chief Executive Officer may set up revenue and imprest accounts under the conditions set out in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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