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Showing 19811990 of 60191 articles for Art. avis 2013-027 of 4 October 2013

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-44

…e trader in a contractual relationship with the consumer shall inform the consumer, on his website, of the existence of this tool and the means of accessing it.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-49

The costs of setting up and operating the tool are shared by the professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 224-43.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 496

The tutor represents the protected person in the acts necessary for the management of his assets. He is required to exercise prudent, diligent and informed care in the latter, in the sole interest of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 498

…funds from the public. When the guardianship measure is entrusted to persons or services in charge of health establishments and social or medico-social establishments subject to public accounting rul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 499

Third parties may inform the judge of acts or omissions by the tutor which appear to them to be prejudicial to the interests of the protected person. They are not guarantors of the use of the capital.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 497

…to carry out are being carried out properly. This applies in particular to the use or re-investment of the capital carried out in accordance with the instructions of the family council or, failing thi…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 434

1. In the case of the offences referred to in articles 424-2°and 427-1°, confiscation may only be ordered in respect of the objects of fraud. However, the goods concealing the fraud and the means of t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 435

…iscation or where, having been seized, the customs authorities so request, the court shall, in lieu of confiscation, order the payment of a sum equal to the value represented by the said items and cal…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Concurrent offences.

Article 439

1. Any act falling within the scope of the separate punitive provisions enacted by this Code must be considered in the highest criminal sense to which it is susceptible. 2. Where there is more than on…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Concurrent offences.

Article 440

Without prejudice to the application of the penalties laid down in this Code, the offences of insult, assault, rebellion, corruption or prevarication and those of contraband with assembly and carrying…

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