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Showing 18511860 of 32070 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-6-2011 n° 10-19.236

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of tattoo products.

Article R513-10-5

Without prejudice to the information required by other legislative or regulatory provisions, the container and packaging of each unit of tattooing product placed on the market free of charge or agains…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L762-10

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-10

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-6 reads as follows: "The disciplinary penalties that the disciplinary chamber may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-10

When the fixed fine notice concerning one of the offences mentioned in article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code has been sent to the holder of the registration certificate or to the persons referred to in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-10

All members of the supervisory board, the resolution board or the Enforcement Committee of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution must inform the Chairman of the Autorité de contrôle pru…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-10

I.-Unless the shareholders of the companies involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions set out in II of this article, one or more merger commissioners, appointed by court decision an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

The investigating judge, the judicial police officer assigned by him or her, or the judicial police officer or investigative assistant acting under the control of that officer, shall transcribe corres…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-10

The sums recovered by the guarantee fund are used first and foremost to reimburse the guarantee fund for the compensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7, any enforc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-10

The Centre's Director General is responsible for the Centre's affairs other than those listed in Article L. 6162-9. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment and reports to the…

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