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Showing 39213930 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-43

The implementing measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 4, Articles 6 and 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 8, Article 9 and Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…nce decision is required to exploit the unavailable book concerned within three years of this notification. It must provide this organisation, by any means, with proof of the actual exploitation of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-7-2

…and L. 242-6, following a request for mutual assistance under Article L. 511-10 involving a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Pa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-2

The purpose of the processing mentioned in article R. 232-41-1 is to : 1° To gather biological information on any athlete within the meaning of Article L. 230-3 who is subject to a doping control; 2°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R733-11

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R732-11

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Cheque payment incidents

Article R734-11

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-3

…e shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…of a third party 2 The pupil or student is permanently disabled and does not receive 100% boarding care. 2 The pupil or student has dependent children 1 × number of children The pupil or student is m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO3511-1

As of the first meeting following the renewal of its deliberative assembly in 2011, the departmental collectivity of Mayotte is erected into a collectivity governed by the article 73 of the Constituti…

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