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Showing 28812890 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Penalties

Article R483-14

…hird parties and their legal representatives may be ordered by the court seised to pay a civil fine of up to €10,000, without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed, in any of the following case…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

Subject to the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition of the Criminal Appeals Division

Article 510

The criminal appeals chamber is composed of a chamber president and two councillors. The functions of the public prosecutor are performed by the public prosecutor or by one of his advocates general or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 20: Reinforced official import controls

Article R412-36

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1: 1° The provisions of Article 4 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 of 22 October 2019 on the temporary reinforcement of off…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Limitation periods

Article L482-1

An action for damages based on article L. 481-1 shall be barred on expiry of a period of five years. This period begins to run from the day on which the claimant knew or should have known cumulatively…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1523

The tax is imposed in the name of the owners or usufructuaries and payable against them and their principal tenants (1). Civil or military civil servants and employees housed in buildings belonging to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to apply the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, in accordance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L483-1

Applications for the disclosure or production of documents or categories of documents made with a view to or in the context of an action for damages by a claimant who plausibly alleges injury caused b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R483-1

The category of items referred to in Article L. 483-1 shall be identified, as precisely and narrowly as possible, by reference to common and relevant features of its constituent parts, such as the nat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° The provisions of Book I mentioned in the left-h…

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