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Showing 30213030 of 21821 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Apr. 2017 – no. 15-27.865

French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R313-4

…cative schedule This schedule shows the amount to be paid every [periodicity]. The payments (column no. [column number]) correspond to the sum of the interest payable (column no. [column number]), whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

…1° During safeguard proceedings in the situations provided for in articles L. 621-1, L. 622-10, L. 626-9 and L. 626-26 of the French Commercial Code; 2° During receivership proceedings in the situatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-9

…les L. 1271-15, R. 1271-13 to R. 1271-18, D. 1271-28 and D. 1271-29 of this Code and article D. 133-26 of the Social Security Code: a) Employees working in jobs falling within the scope of the service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…rket or putting into service on French territory a device mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: 1° Without the EU declara…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

Where, in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the investigating judge hearing the information refuses to relinquish jurisdi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-1

I. - Advertising for the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 means any form of information, including canvassing,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-1

I. - Advertising for the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 means any form of information, including canvassing,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-10

In the context of the administrative cooperation organised by Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-8-4

…ce of its monitoring and supervisory duties. In order to carry out its duties under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the Autorité des marchés financiers has, in particular, the supervisory a…

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