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Showing 18411850 of 44295 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 9-3-2010 n° 09-13.528

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-90

The committees referred to in Article L. 511-89 are made up of members of the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions who do not exercis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7124-9

In addition to the leave of absence they are entitled to under article L. 7124-7, the president, the vice-presidents and the members of the council are entitled to a credit of hours allowing them to h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Guarantees and indemnities granted to Board members

Article L7226-9

In addition to the leave of absence they are entitled to under article L. 7226-7, the president, vice-presidents and members of the council are entitled to a credit of hours enabling them to have the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-103

Exceptional aid is granted to the persons mentioned in article 911-102 who meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have suffered, in 2020, either a loss of turnover resulting from…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-9

The intermediaries referred to in 1° and 2° of I of article R. 511-2, the credit institutions and finance companies referred to in the same article, and the employees referred to in a and c to f of 5°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-9-1

I.-It is forbidden for any athlete or any other person to use directly or indirectly, in the context of their professional or sporting activity, the services or advice of a member of the athlete suppo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-91

Where the company is thus annulled, the founders to whom the nullity is attributable and the directors or members of the Management Board in office at the time the nullity was incurred shall be jointl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-4

The cinematographic or audiovisual works for which the occurrence of a loss may give rise to the allocation of aid from the compensation fund meet the following conditions:1° Be eligible, depending on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 9-2

The limitation period for public prosecution is interrupted by: 1° Any act, emanating from the public prosecutor or the civil party, tending to initiate the public prosecution, provided for in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-9

The administrative authority decides on any request made by an employer to assess the compliance of an agreement or action plan with the provisions of article L. 2242-8 . If the administrative authori…

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