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Showing 25112520 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article D120-6

…wool and other single-use articles of cotton or other vegetable fibres intended for cleansing the face and body or for wiping them, single-use cotton buds ; 4° Perishable foodstuffs which are likely,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-60

…he legal representative of the applicant organisation and a supporting file, entered via a teleservice. The letter describes the activity and certifies that the signatory has approved the supporting d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Aid for healthcare provision in areas with health deficits

Article D1511-54

The annual amount of the study and professional project allowance, provided for in II of article L. 1511-8 of this code, allocated by the local authorities, alone or jointly, may not exceed the annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Economic and social measures

Article L3231-6

…ommercial company or any other profit-making body whose purpose is not to operate departmental services or activities of general interest under conditions similar to those provided for, in the case of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section: Community aid

Article D113-6

…paid by local authorities or their groupings to a company mentioned in article L. 122-1 in performance of service provision contracts, or any agreement whose purpose does not fall within the scope of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-127

Decisions ordering the interception of telecommunications correspondence, geolocation, an investigation under pseudonym or a special investigative technique provided for in Section 6 of Chapter II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-6

Where the reference perimeter of a market of national interest includes a port, the authorisation system provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 761-5 does not apply to facilities located wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-6

…of Article L. 221-25, if the consumer who moves into a site solicits a supplier and wishes performance of his distance contract to begin before the end of the withdrawal period referred to in Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-1

Without prejudice to the specific guarantees applicable to minors, a person in respect of whom there are plausible grounds for suspecting that he has committed or attempted to commit an offence may no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-6

Any additional information provided to the borrower by the creditor or credit intermediary, in particular in the event of application of the rules relating to canvassing or those relating to credit co…

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