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Showing 42614270 of 8285 articles for Art. 9 juill. 2003

French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L453-8

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 433-9 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-14

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-9 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1150

Acts performed by protected adults are governed by articles 435,465 and 494-9 without prejudice to articles 1148,1151 and 1352-4.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lapse

Article 1187

…the contract. It may give rise to restitution under the conditions set out in articles 1352 to 1352-9.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Draws of lots.

Article R150-10

Copies of the two lists referred to in article R. 150-9 must be sent to any interested party upon request.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-28

…ployed workers is financed exclusively by the taxes of all kinds mentioned in 5° of article L. 5422-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation.

Article R237-5

The agent provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 237-9 is appointed by the president of the commercial court, acting in summary proceedings.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D2335-15

For the application of Article L. 2335-9, all municipalities not included in the list defined in Annex VIII to this Code are considered to be rural.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article R3515-4

…ing in a vehicle in the presence of a minor in disregard of the ban provided for in article L. 3512-9 is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication.

Article R6323-25

…dicines are administered by a doctor at the centre under the conditions set out in articles R. 2212-9 to R. 2212-19.

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