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Showing 14111420 of 51458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-2-2005 n° 197

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-9

The company pension savings plan takes the form of a collective company pension savings plan, covered by sub-section 2 of this section, or a compulsory pension savings plan, covered by sub-section 3 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-9

Advertising of a medicinal product to members of the health professions authorised to prescribe or dispense medicinal products or to use them in the exercise of their profession is subject to prior au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-9

The provisions of article L. 512-8 are applicable, after repayment of advances of any kind received from the central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques populaires, to the surplus assets of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-9

I. Where the sales or transfers of goodwill include pledged trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models and software exploitation rights and where the pledges of such goodwill include pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 A

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-100

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.100959 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 December 2021 C(2021)9880, 16 March…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5621-9

Any natural or legal person has the right to request communication of the deliberations and minutes of the deliberative assemblies of the public establishments of inter-regional cooperation, budgets,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transporting foreign nationals placed or held in a waiting area or administrative detention centre

Article L141-9

The conditions of application of this section as well as those in which private security agents invested with the missions defined in Article

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as public industrial and commercial establishments

Article L133-9

The Tourist Office set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment must be consulted on projects for collective tourist facilities. A Tourist Office set up as a public industrial and commer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to establishments distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article R221-9

I.-Resources collected by institutions distributing the Livret A or the Livret de développement durable et solidaire and not centralised pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 221-5 are allocat…

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