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Showing 35713580 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-28

For the application of article L. 4425-15, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section: -the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

…e consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person and up to €75,000 for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the con…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Obligations of the parties with regard to payment instruments

Article D133-3

…means made available to him by his payment service provider in accordance with II of Article L. 133-15 to inform him of the loss, theft or misappropriation of his payment instrument, the payment servi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financing (R).

Article R4433-17

…hment of the regional development schemes provided for in articles L. 4433-7 to L. 4433-11, L. 4433-15 et L. 4433-16, the regions of Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique and Réunion benefit, under the condi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…9° bis of the same Article L. 561-2;3° By the Minister for the Economy for the persons mentioned in 15° of the same article;4° By the Minister for the Economy or the Minister for the Budget for the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R15-2-3

The application for authorisation referred to in article R. 15-2-2 specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit within which he will be called upon to perform…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31-1

For the application of Article L. 561-15-1, the persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c of Article L. 561-2 shall transmit to the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 the information relating to the trans…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 2)

…interest.Although it requires the integrity of both upper limbs to be exercised to the full, the remaining gripping capacity in the event of functional loss of one of the upper limbs is not negligibl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-10

…carried out by the fire and rescue services at the request of the medical control centre of centre 15, when the latter determines that private medical transporters are not available, and which do not…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

…rsuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of article 2-9 or the first paragraph of article 2-15, notice is given to this association alone, with the responsibility for informing the victims gro…

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