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Showing 17611770 of 26757 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 11-DCC-214 du 29 Dec 2011

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Savings products

Article L742-11

…n of its third and fifth paragraphsLaw no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-6 Law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022L. 221-7 Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 L. 221-8 Act no. 2008-776 of 4 August 20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-11

…ion on the grounds of insufficient assets does not give creditors the right to exercise their individual actions against the debtor. There are exceptions to this rule:1° For actions relating to assets…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-20

…e measure of wearing the mobile electronic anti-contact device results in a large number of alerts, due in particular to contact attributable both to the movements of the wearer and to those of the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-115

Any shareholder has the right, under the conditions and within the time limits determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to obtain communication of:1° The annual financial statements and the list of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-11

…s well as, for credit intermediaries, the information requirements set out under article L. 519-4-1 du code monétaire et financier ; 2° The main characteristics of the loan(s) and ancillary services o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-116

…mport authorisation is granted if the following conditions are met: 1° The proprietary medicinal product is obtained from an authorised company within the meaning of Article 77 of Directive 2001/83/EC…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-11

…s the guidelines for the agency's policy through its deliberations. It adopts its own rules of procedure. It deliberates on the following matters 1° The general organisation of the agency and its cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-110

Private individuals may only import a medicinal product in a quantity compatible with personal therapeutic use for a period of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use, or f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-3

…re consent has been deprived of effect;-in the possibility of having the paternity outside marriage declared judicially of a person who, after having consented to medically assisted procreation, does…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-11

…Any change of establishment or use of premises intended to receive micro-organisms and toxins or products containing them, or any modification of the operations provided for in the authorisation, must…

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