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Showing 13111320 of 59838 articles for Art. L. n° 2022-297 du 2 mars 2022

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-2-2

…erprinting shall result in the suspension or withdrawal of the authorisation provided for inArticle L. 1131-2-1, under the conditions laid down inArticle L. 6122-13. The authorisation may also be with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article L112-2-2

I.-When a distributor within the meaning of III of Article L. 511-1 contacts a policyholder or prospective policyholder by telephone with a view to concluding an insurance contract that does not fall…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

I.-This article applies to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of article L. 228-2 when they provide services to shareholders or other intermediaries in relation to the shares of companies t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Updates

Article L224-25-26

…ons: 1° The contract authorises the principle of such updates and provides a valid reason for them; 2° The trader informs the consumer, in a clear and comprehensible manner, reasonably in advance and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-24

…ociation or establishment benefiting from or applying for the authorisation provided for in article L. 2223-23: 1° If they have been convicted by a final judgment of a suspended or unsuspended prison…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Agricultural credit

Article L512-20

…it unions governed by this section are the caisses de crédit agricole mutuel and the organe central du crédit agricole. The caisses de crédit agricole mutuel comprise : 1. Les caisses régionales de cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…llowing are authorised to investigate and record infringements of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, of this Title and of those adopted for their application:1° Inspectors f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exchange and dissemination of information

Article L512-20

…nce of their respective missions, without the provisions of Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or those relating to professional secrecy being an obstacle to such communication.These informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-2

…1° For the person responsible for an establishment manufacturing, packaging or importing tattoo products, to open, operate or extend the activity of an establishment to include such operations, witho…

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

Article L611-2-2

…he president of the competent court as soon as the first information is given, pursuant to articles L. 234-1, L. 234-2, L. 251-15 and L. 612-3, to the chairman of the board of directors or supervisory…

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