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Showing 27312740 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-114

…t securities admitted to trading on a regulated market within the meaning of I of Article R. 214-32-18 and having made public, for at least one issue of such debt securities, at least one rating obtai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-20

I. - The money market instruments referred to in 5° of I of article R. 214-32-18 are : 1° Issued or guaranteed by : a) A Member State of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-2

…healthcare system. The commencement of the action is not subject to Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice in the 21st century or to Article L. 77-10-5 of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-26

…icles L. 142-9, L. 612-17 and L. 632-1 A of the French Monetary and Financial Code, Articles L. 311-18, L. 311-58, L. 421-9-5 and L. 423-6 of this Code, Article L. 431-6 of the French Mutual Code and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-145

…n 6° of Article L. 321-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or persons mentioned in Article L. 532-18 of this code and authorised to provide the same service on the territory of their home State, hav…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5-1

…he conditions laid down in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there were just grounds for its non-use.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-9

It is forbidden to sell on credit, either by the glass or in bottles, drinks from the third, fourth and fifth groups for consumption on the premises or to take away. Except in the context of declared…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-9-1

…L. 5124-4, with the exception of the last paragraph, L. 5124-5, L. 5124-6, L. 5124-11 and L. 5124-18.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-20

…The chairman of the commission may also, under the conditions set out in articles L. 724-4, R. 724-18 and R. 724-19, temporarily prohibit a former member of a commercial court from availing himself o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operational organisation of fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1424-44

…y calls from the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service received in particular via the 18 emergency call number. They are directed by a professional fire brigade officer. In accordance wi…

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