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Showing 501510 of 27079 articles for Art. CE 17-4-2015 n° 371551

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Performance of the credit agreement

Article D312-17

…ments. However, if the lender agrees to defer future instalments, the amount of compensation is reduced to 4% of the deferred instalments.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-179

…g to judicial partition and judicial voluntary sales give rise to the collection of fees in accordance with the table below: Description of service Fee a) Acts and formalities taken in application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R775-17

…2-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1833 of 14 July 2021".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-17

On the list of suitable candidates are those successful candidates who have completed their probationary period or who have been granted an exemption from the probationary period pursuant to articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1751 A

…ficiary of an authorisation issued pursuant to Articles L. 286 B et L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures or of any element enabling his personal identification or location shall be punished by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-5

Any clause in a contract whose purpose is either to exclude or limit the liability provided for in articles 1792, 1792-1 and 1792-2, or to exclude the guarantees provided for in articles 1792-3 and 17…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 18: Psychiatry

Article R6123-176

…nd carry out their activity in partnership with the establishments providing sector psychiatry services in the area in which they are located. A partnership agreement is signed between these establish…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Obligations of the recipient organisation

Article R1221-17

The body referred to in Article R. 1221-3 sends Pôle emploi the following information from the pre-employment declaration: 1° The employer's identification details ; 2° The employee's national identif…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-17

…s they have been declared eligible by the selection board. The admission tests are oral and take place in public session. They comprise: 1° A ten-minute presentation, after thirty minutes' preparation…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Seizures in the hands of the debtor

Article R221-17

…R. 221-16. It also reminds him of the option open to him to proceed with the amicable sale of the seized assets under the conditions prescribed in articles…

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