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Showing 14511460 of 44278 articles for Art. n° 10-12163 · Cass. com. 3 November 1983

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Scientific Council.

Article R1222-10

…2° One member proposed by the Director General of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique; 3° One member proposed by the President of the French Blood Transfusion Society; 4° One member propo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-10

For each popular retirement savings plan subscribed to by an association, cash and securities accounts are opened for the payment of expenses relating to the operation and duties of the supervisory co…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-10

…share of its contributions in the total amount provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 423-13. At least one third of the members of the Supervisory Board represent public limited insurance…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-10

For the application of the provisions of the ninth paragraph of Article L. 111-7, the provision of online information allowing the comparison of prices and characteristics of goods and services means…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Judicial and conciliation procedures

Article A310-10

The notice referred to in Article R. 310-23 shall specify the time limits to be observed, the penalties provided for in respect of these time limits, the body or authority authorised to receive the lo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

…acement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable) provided for in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 2 of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the Monetary and Financial Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-10

…ons relating to a transaction concerning: 1° A company controlled, within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code, by a company in which he or she holds or has held a position dur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-10

…ic money institution carries out activities of a hybrid nature within the meaning of Article L. 526-3 or activities referred to in Articles L. 525-4 or L. 525-5, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-10

…at the time when the product was put into circulation by him or that this defect arose subsequently;3° That the product was not intended for sale or for any other form of distribution ;4° That the sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article D1333-103

…rticle L.…

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