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Showing 18911900 of 39711 articles for Art. 515-6 al. 3

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-6

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Commission may obtain information from public administrations, credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article L224-69

Any contract or group of contracts, concluded for consideration, by which a trader confers on a consumer, directly or indirectly, a right or service to use timeshare property or concerning long-term h…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 61 bis

Pending the prohibition or authorisation decision referred to in Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brok…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-62

…pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, in article L. 811-7-1-A or in article L. 812-5-1-A and in Article 31-6 of the aforementioned Act of 31 December 1990.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Individual dosimetric monitoring

Article R4451-64

…of Article R. 4451-57 or when the effective dose assessed in application of 5° of Article R. 4451-53 is likely to exceed 6 millisieverts. II - For all other workers accessing delimited areas under Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R*612-73-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in Article R. 612-73-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-61

…decision to recognise the sentence and enforce the custodial sentence or detention order becomes final. If transfer is impossible within this time limit due to unforeseen circumstances, the Minister f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence

Article 728-60

…which have rendered the sentencing decision unenforceable; 2° The escape of the sentenced person; 3° The conditional release of the sentenced person and the date on which this measure ended; 4° The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-63

…ent authority of the sentencing State. It must include the information provided for in Article 695-13 and be translated in the manner provided for in l'article 695-14.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Extension of the calculation period for sums held in the automatic account

Article 919-62

…ating the sums entered in the automatic account provided for in the second paragraph of article 222-3 is extended by one year for cinematographic works for which this period has expired in 2021 and wh…

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