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Showing 411420 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-24

A member who is subject to a disciplinary sanction of permanent disqualification from practising pharmacy loses all his membership rights, the value of his shares being reimbursed to him on the basis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-24

Where the right of withdrawal is exercised, the trader shall reimburse the consumer for all sums paid, including the cost of delivery, without undue delay and no later than fourteen days from the day…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 8: Contract for the enjoyment of immovable property on a timeshare basis

Article L211-24

Natural or legal persons registered in the register referred to in I of article L. 211-18 of this code may enter into any timeshare contract governed by articles L. 224-69 et seq. of the French Consum…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of amounts recorded in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-24

…istance to which production companies are entitled are calculated in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-24

The investment of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account by foreign sales companies is subject to the issue of an investment authorisation.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-24

Where the breaches of which the trader is accused concern compliance with the rules defined in Title II of Book IV of the Commercial Code or Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-24

In the event of a change occurring between the date of registration and the date of repayment of all obligations, in the articles of association, administration or management of the associations menti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24

Any action to challenge all or part of an agreement provided for in article L. 1233-21 must be brought, on pain of inadmissibility, before the expiry of a period of three months from the date of filin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-24

An institution mentioned in II of Article L. 122-5-3 may, by means of a deposit contract, entrust the storage and preservation of all or part of the digital copies and reproductions made during a text…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article L626-24

The court may instruct the administrator to carry out the acts, necessary for the implementation of the plan, that it determines.The judicial representative remains in office for the time necessary fo…

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