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Showing 831840 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-42

The Banque de France shall inform any banker concerned of any cheque-writing bans resulting from the application of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6, no later than the second working day following recei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-42

When a fund management company enters into forward purchase or sale transactions involving securities which are not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Popular savings passbook account.

Article R221-42

Authorised transactions on people's passbook savings accounts may only be carried out at the counter where the account was opened.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-42

…the Board of Directors.Should the Chairman or his alternate be permanently unable to carry out his duties, a replacement shall be appointed under the same conditions for the remainder of the term of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Surface fresh water used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption

Article R1321-42

…its for raw water set by the decree mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 may not be used for the production of water intended for human consumption. However, the use of water of such quality may excep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions and testing programmes

Article R1322-42

Under the provisions of article R. 1322-14, the Prefect may require the operator, on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, to carry out analyses in addition to those defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Use of residential premises

Article R1331-42

…d maintain inside residential premises, including their outbuildings, animals of any species which, due to their number, behaviour or state of health, are likely to have negative effects on the health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reducing human exposure to gamma radiation from construction materials in buildings

Article R1333-42

The results of the radiological characterisations of construction products containing natural materials or industrial residues mentioned in article R. 1333-40 and the corresponding activity concentrat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-42

…bailiffs who perform these functions pursuant to 3° of the article 1 of the law of 1 June 1924 introducing French commercial laws into the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-42

An appeal against a judgment rejecting homologation is lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the rules specific to non-contentious proceedings. However, the parties are exempt from the re…

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