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Showing 41514160 of 22708 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 9 Jan. 1985

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-10

…ion (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, Regulation (EU) 2019/203…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of an infringement mentioned in articles L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 of this Code, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Chapter II of Title II o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-10

…sation from an insurance undertaking are detailed in the appendix mentioned in 3° of article A. 421-9.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-3

I.-Articles L. 232-18-7, L. 232-18-9 to L. 232-20 and L. 232-20-2 are applicable in French Polynesia. II.For the application of I: 1° In article L. 232-18-7: a) The words: "tribunal judiciaire" are re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-12

In the event of a repeat offence of the offences defined in Articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11, or if the offender is or has been bound by an agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-3

…a and until the creation of the competent order in application of the provisions of article L. 4421-9, the second paragraph of article L. 4121-2 is worded as follows: "In case of doubt, the head of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-10

In the cases provided for in articles L. 2421-8 and L. 2421-9, the persons concerned shall vacate the premises within one year of the date on which they received notification of the formal notice prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions specific to natural persons

Article R123-121-3

The documents certifying that the formalities provided for in articles L. 526-9 and L. 526-11 in the event of the assignment of new assets or the withdrawal of assigned assets subsequent to the creati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-13

…e provisions of articles R. 6332-5 to R. 6332-7, the authorisation referred to in article R. 6523-2-9 is revoked, by joint order of the ministers responsible for vocational training and for overseas F…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-17

…vided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC as amended.If, on the basis…

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