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Showing 47414750 of 8285 articles for Art. 9 juill. 2003

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article R211-4

…ion to a land motor vehicle does not constitute, within the meaning of articles L. 113-4 and L. 113-9, an increase in the risk covered by the contract insuring that vehicle.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-52

By way of derogation from Articles L. 223-30 and L. 225-97, the decision on cross-border conversion is taken by the general meeting of shareholders under the conditions required for amending the Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-3

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 6211-8 and L. 6211-9, when it results in unjustified expenditure for a health insurance organisation, is sanctioned by the penalties provided for i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L764-14

…column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 466-1Law no. 2016 1691 of 9 December 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-1-1

The precautionary measures provided for in Articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1, L. 651-4, L. 692-2, L. 692-4 and L. 692-9, are subject to the provisions of the regulatory part of the Code of Civil Enforcem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D4322-20-1

…ject to the following amendment: The reference: "L. 4122-2" is replaced by the reference: " L. 4322-9 ".

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1521-1

…de" are deleted; 2° In the title of sub-section 2, the word: "mixed" is deleted; 3° Article R. 1110-9 is replaced by the following provisions: "Art. R. 1110-9.-The Conciliation Board referred to in Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-13

…of infringing a geographical indication are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 722-9 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication may be destroyed under…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-15

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 451-9 to L. 451-14 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 o…

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