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Showing 55215530 of 69607 articles for Art. s. R 228-17 to R 228-20 and R 228-22-1

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article R652-1

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article R. 652-2, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conservatory measures during the observation period.

Article R631-18

Articles R. 622-2 to R. 622-5-1, excluding article R. 622-4-1, are applicable to the receivership proceedings.The registrar shall inform the person responsible for carrying out the inventory of its ap…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Attachment and assignment of remuneration

Article R212-1

Attachment and assignment of remuneration are governed by articles R. 3252-1 to R. 3252-49 of the French Labour Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal penalties

Article R1336-15

Any person referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 1336-1 who fails to hand over the following to the inspection officers will be punished by a 5th class fine: 1° Recording data for the last…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-4

I. - The personal data recorded relating to the candidate presented by the trade union or professional organisation is as follows: 1° His or her surname at birth and in use, forenames, sex ; 2° Date,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article L3121-22

After the election of its standing committee under the conditions set out in article L. 3122-5, the departmental council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints, applications and attachments

Article R4234-12

The complaints referred to in article R. 4234-1 and requests shall be submitted by any means, including dematerialised means, giving a date certain of their receipt. They must, on pain of inadmissibil…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties and precautionary measures.

Article R211-14

In the event of failure to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1107/2006 of 5 July 2006 concerning the rights of disabled persons and persons with reduced mobility when travell…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

In order to facilitate the gathering of evidence of offences and the identification of their perpetrators, the services of the national police and the national gendarmerie entrusted with a judicial po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Due date.

Article L511-22

I. - A bill of exchange may be drawn: 1° At sight; 2° At a certain sight period; 3° At a certain date period; 4° On a fixed day. II. - Bills of exchange, either at other maturities or at successive ma…

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