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Showing 31213130 of 44295 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 9-3-2010 n° 09-13.528

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article D211-9-4

Without prejudice to Article R. 22-10-28 of the French Commercial Code, the right to attend General Meetings of undertakings for collective investment in the form of companies whose shares are admitte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-1

I.- By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1, in the context of the research defined in Article L. 1121-1 , advanced therapy medicinal products mentioned in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 ma…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-9

Any breach of the provisions of article L. 224-25-28 relating to the suspension of the guarantee period is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for an individual and 15,000 euros…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Collection of technical connection data and interception of correspondence transmitted by electronic communications

Article 706-95-20

I.-It may be resorted to the installation and use of an apparatus or technical device mentioned in 1° of Article 226-3 of the Penal Code in order to collect technical connection data enabling the iden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-6

Unless there is a risk to patients' health, proprietary medicinal products which fulfil the conditions for being a reference proprietary medicinal product in an existing hybrid group may, by decision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-9

I.-Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall present, in a clear and comprehensible manner, within the corporate governance report referred to in the last paragraph of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-9-1

If the shareholders' equity has not been reconstituted in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 626-3, the administrator is entitled to request the appointment of a court-appointed agen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

The public prosecutor, the investigating courts, the liberty and custody judge and the trial courts, which are competent under the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are compete…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-9

The information contained in the directory will be sent to the following, via the judicial authority and for the performance of their duties: 1° Experts or persons appointed by the judicial authority…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and duration of the contract

Article R1435-9-1

The doctors or students referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 1435-4-2 may enter into an initial practice contract with a regional health agency if they are practising in the areas defined…

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