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Showing 14211430 of 21784 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 Nov. 2024 – no. 23-16.948

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-10

I.- Where the person concerned establishes in a particular case that he is not at fault or negligent, the period of suspension provided for in articles L. 232-23-3-3 to L. 232-23-3-9 shall not apply.…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-14

I.-The traveller may cancel the contract at any time before the start of the trip or holiday. In this case, the vendor may require the traveller to pay appropriate and justifiable cancellation costs.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Definition of a procedure

Article R4412-147

The operating procedure is sent to the Labour Inspectorate control officer and to the agents of the prevention departments of the social security bodies within whose territorial jurisdiction the estab…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jumping sessions

Article A322-149

The organisation of jumping sessions takes into account the aerological and meteorological conditions. If changes in these conditions are likely to jeopardise the safety and health of jumpers, the per…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-23

The reimbursement to the consumer of the sums due by the trader, or any other benefit received under the contract, shall be made without undue delay and at the latest within fourteen days from the day…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…ried out under the conditions and within the timeframes prescribed by the provisions of articles L. 1424-13 à L. 1424-19 shall be the subject of the agreements provided for therein no later than 31 De…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-1

The College and the Sanction Committee may, if they do not consider themselves sufficiently informed in the light of the documents in the file, propose to the athlete likely to be sanctioned that he u…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-23-1

Where a payment service user denies having authorised a payment transaction which has been executed, or claims that the payment transaction has not been executed correctly, and the payment order is in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-2

I. - UCITS shall transmit, either directly or via the management company which manages them, the information concerning them to an approved body with legal personality responsible for managing a singl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-23

…set the conditions under which the AIFs or their management companies mentioned in I of Article L. 214-24-1 acquire control : 1° Of a company whose registered office is established in a Member State o…

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