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Showing 191200 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…lumn of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9-1

…ricted the conditions of supply to the exclusive use of veterinarians in application of article R. 5141-41 may not be the subject of a parallel import authorisation by an owner or professional keeper…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article D784-19

…same table:Article applicableIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 621-37-1-2 and D. 621-37-1-3n° 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15-2

…370-1 of the Insurance Code and offering the operations mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code has breached one of the provisions mentioned in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Vigilance of the health products mentioned in 18° and 19° of Article L. 5311-1

Article R5232-18

…ed, the Director General shall, where appropriate, take the decisions provided for in Articles L. 5312-1 to L. 5312-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-12

…be classified as property offences and sanctioned by the Enforcement Committee of the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to Article L. 621-15, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial cour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-16-1

Where proceedings are brought pursuant to Articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 , the Autorité des marchés financiers may exercise the rights of a civil party. Failing this, the Chairman of the Autorité des…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L744-14

…column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 231-3 Order no. 2005-1278 of 14 October 2005 L. 231-4 Ordinance no. 2017-1432 of 4 October 2017 L. 231-5 Act 2014-1 of 2…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-3 (art. A212-195)

Aptitude test A.-"Underwater diving" section of the BP JEPS 1. Technical safety test. The technical safety test comprises four tests which take place in the following chronological order, each test be…

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