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Showing 39213930 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article R613-6

For the purposes of Article L. 613-21-4, the decision taken by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, either individually or on a sub-consolidated basis, shall be duly reasoned. It shal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Standing advisory group on working conditions

Article R4641-7

…forming the regional standing advisory groups on working conditions referred to in articles R. 4641-21 et seq; 3° Draws up an annual summary of changes in working conditions. 4° Formulates opinions or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Processing of personal data

Article R7343-5

…ementing this right of access and rectification of data. The right to object referred to in article 21 of the same regulation does not apply to the collection of data used to compile the electoral rol…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 435

…ains the exercise of his or her rights. However, he or she may not, on pain of nullity, perform any act for which a substitute decision-maker has been appointed pursuant to Article 437. The acts he ha…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 402

…itted. Nullity is covered by a new deliberation valid as confirmation according to article 1182. An action for nullity may be brought by the tutor, the subrogated tutor, the other members of the famil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5

…her personal property. Each remains solely liable for personal debts arising before or during the pact, except in the case of the last paragraph of article 515-4.Each partner may prove by any means,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple seizures

Article R522-14

…ent of receipt, the creditors who have made a protective attachment on the same assets prior to the act of attachment or the act of conversion, as the case may be. Under penalty of nullity, this lette…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-3-1

In particular, articles L. 713-2 and L. 713-3, the following acts or uses: 1° Affixing the sign to the goods or to their packaging; 2° Offering the goods, placing them on the market or holding them fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-54-1

…in the first paragraph of article 706-54 may be erased on the instruction of the public prosecutor, acting at the request of the person concerned. On pain of inadmissibility, the person may not make h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-7

…he political risk is realised when the debtor has not paid his debt, or the performance of the contract has been interrupted, provided that the non-payment or the interruption of the contract is not d…

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