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Showing 27412750 of 13064 articles for Art. CE 9-12-2022 n° 459206

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-9

…hable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 to artificially raise or lower either the price of goods or services, or of public or private items, in particular during remote auctions: 1° By…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-9

…nt-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the European Union and the Member States are replaced by references to France; 2° References…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private practice.

Article R4127-91

…the profession must be the subject of a written contract which respects the professional independence of each of them. The same applies in the cases provided for in articles R. 4127-65, R. 4127-87 an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D3311-9

…lity between women and men in the department.II. - The report sets out the department's human resources policy in terms of professional equality between women and men. To this end, it includes data fr…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…ommitment by the publisher(s).The contribution from a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services is made in cash in the form of the purchase of rights to make the work available to the public.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…tory auditor-implementation of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standard "securing the work of the statutory auditor-implementation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Management of sites polluted by radioactive substances

Article R1333-95

I.-Any pollution of a site by radioactive substances resulting from the exercise of a nuclear activity subject to a regime mentioned in article L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 is managed according to the speci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 A

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-9

The life mortgage or advance transfer loan transaction is concluded under the terms of a prior offer containing the following information: 1° The identity of the parties and the date of acceptance of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Good repute

Article L212-9

…establishments mentioned in article L. 322-1 if he has been convicted of a crime or one of the offences provided for :1° Chapter I of Title II of Book II of the Criminal Code, with the exception of th…

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