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Showing 18411850 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-20

…ds or services pursuant to article L. 312-47 must affix to the sales contract a request in his own handwriting in the following terms: "I request immediate delivery (or immediate provision of services…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-20

The liquidator shall deposit with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations the sums arising from the sales made.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-20

The legislative provisions and usages which governed the land shall cease definitively to have effect in respect of any such land over which the right of enjoyment is extinguished pursuant to the prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-20

…eeting of the departmental council. The rules of procedure lay down the frequency of such questions and the conditions under which they are presented and examined.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L4132-20

…meetings of the Regional Council. The rules of procedure determine the frequency of such questions and the conditions under which they are presented and examined.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Compensation for damage

Article 849-20

…ct to the Article 240 of Decree no. 91-1197 of 27 November 1991, any sum received under Articles 68 and 74 of the aforementioned Act of 18 November 2016 shall be immediately deposited by the plaintiff…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-20

…r to modify all or part of the measures set out in the protection order. The wearer of the bracelet and the Public Prosecutor may in particular request that the alert and pre-alert distances be revise…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Property.

Article 1281-20

…by a ministerial officer authorised by his statute to conduct public auctions of tangible movables and, in the cases provided for by law, by sworn goods brokers. In the absence of a bidder, this cred…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2018-1

…rred to the trust assets, the agreement entered into for this purpose is not subject to Chapters IV and V of Title IV of Book I of the Commercial Code, unless otherwise stipulated.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Examination of authorisation applications

Article L5125-20

…communes mentioned in article L. 5125-6-1, priority is given, in compliance with article L. 5125-3 and the first paragraph of this article, to applications submitted by pharmacies in neighbouring com…

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