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Showing 12511260 of 57258 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1056 of 17-11-2023

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-17

Without prejudice to the notification to the parties of the judgment pronouncing a personal recovery without judicial liquidation, a notice thereof shall be sent for publication in the Bulletin offici…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-17

The annual report of the Banking Inclusion Observatory provided for in Article L. 312-1-1 B is published on the Banque de France website.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article R3262-17

…ach month, the banking institution sends the Commission nationale des titres-restaurant a statement of all movements of funds affecting the titres-restaurant accounts, with the exception of payments t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-17

The number of medical biology examinations performed on samples transmitted by a medical biology laboratory pursuant to Article L. 6211-19 may not exceed 15% of the total number of medical biology exa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-11

Applications by the sentenced person for the imposition or modification of one of the measures covered by the provisions of Article 712-4 shall be the subject of a written request addressed to the sen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-17

The violation of the prohibition mentioned in article L. 121-12 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the bene…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-17

In the event of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the provisions relating to employee claims mentioned in Articles L. 3253-15, L. 3253-19 to L. 3253-21 are applicable to t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Events and meetings subject to declaration

Article A331-17

…ed by the organiser must include : 1° The name, postal and electronic addresses and contact details of the organiser and, where applicable, of the person appointed as technical organiser; 2° The title…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to equity financing intermediaries

Article L573-17

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in article L. 573-15 shall incur, in addition to the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article L2343-17

Documents sent to employee representatives include a French version.

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