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Showing 30013010 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-4

…sulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513-6 with the exception of the third paragraphn° 202…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-3

…sulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513-6 with the exception of the third paragraphn° 202…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-25

…h of Article L. 221-4 begins before the end of the withdrawal period provided for in article L. 221-18 and if the contract places the consumer under an obligation to pay, the trader shall obtain the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-2

…g the provisions relating to minimum remuneration set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 1251-18; 3° Disregarding the obligation to offer the temporary employee one or more contracts under the c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-2

I.-It is punishable by a fine of 18,000 euros for the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managers or managing directors of legal entities, as well as for natural persons, to refrain…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-1

The central judicial police offices covered by articles R. 15-18and R. 15-22 are as follows:1° Office central pour la répression du faux-monnayage;2° Office anti-stupéfiants;3° Office central pour la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-48

I. - The provisions of articles R. 214-32-18 to R. 214-32-21, R. 214-32-29, R. 214-32-32 to R. 214-32-36, R. 214-32-38 to R. 214-32-40 and R. 214-32-42 do not apply to innovation mutual funds.II. - Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-11

…dition to the powers conferred on him by the application of the first paragraphs of Articles 16 and 18 of the above-mentioned Act of 20 January 2017 , the Chairman shall exercise the powers of the hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…erly;17° One representative of legal entities managing institutions for people in social difficulty;18° One member of the regional unions of healthcare professionals who is a doctor;19° Two members fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

The written consent to gamete donation referred to in articles R. 2141-17, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-19 is preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team r…

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