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Showing 45414550 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-9

…g obligation set out in the second paragraph, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 233-14 of the Commercial Code, the Autorité des marchés financiers or any shareholder may ask the co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-90

…he qualification requirement for exercising all or some of the activities referred to in Article L. 212-1, any national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreeme…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-10

…visual works or for the promotion abroad of the companies' catalogue of works mentioned in article 722-6.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R732-10

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R733-10

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-33n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Information and prevention visit

Article R4624-10

…it, carried out by one of the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4624-1 within a period not exceeding three months from the date on which they actually take up their w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-10

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-10

The administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1 grants the authorisation, for a renewable period of one year, on the assent of a committee whose composition and mode of operation are determi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

Television service publishers and distributors may not use technical measures that would have the effect of depriving the public of the benefit of the private copy exception, including on a medium and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-9

…ed powers are the subject of a special contribution within the general decentralisation grant. From 2013, this special contribution is increased by the amount of financial compensation for the costs m…

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