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Showing 17211730 of 2927 articles for Art. 21 déc. 1993

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-15

…r prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,000 euros. If the infringement has been detrimental to national d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Visits and seizures

Article L512-56

Visit and seizure operations may not be started before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m.However, authorised agents may, when the needs of the investigation so require, carry out these operations outside these ho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-1

…of the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin, with the exception of those of articles L. 2212-1, L. 2212-2, L. 2212-3, L. 2212-4, L. 2213-6, L. 2213-7, L. 2213-8, L. 2213-9, L. 2213-21, L. 2…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1535

…ate of the European Union under the conditions provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediation in civil a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Schedule.

Article R123-195

In addition to the mandatory information provided for in articles L. 123-13 to L. 123-21, L. 232-1 to L. 232-23, R. 123-179 to R. 123-189 of this code and article R. 313-14 of the Monetary and Financi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediation in the non-industrial and commercial public sector

Article D6274-1

…e apprentice reports. This mediation is carried out under the conditions set out in article D. 6222-21-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-165

The interventional radiology activity referred to in 21° of article R. 6122-25 includes all medical procedures for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes performed with medical imaging guidance and contro…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-2

…ation is subject to the procedures set out in articles 4 and 5 of decree no. 93-1101 of 3 September 1993 concerning the declaration of establishments in which physical and sporting activities are prac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

…ate is responsible for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to building renovation projects

Article R2431-20

…reliminary design studies include the summary preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-21 and the final preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-22. Preliminary design studie…

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