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Showing 20912100 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-9

Contracts for the issue of the bonds referred to in article L. 213-8 may stipulate that they are redeemable only at the issuer's initiative or at a maturity conditional on the accumulation, since the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Management

Article L214-99

A supervisory board is responsible for assisting the management company. It is made up of at least seven members of the société civile de placement immobilier or société d'épargne forestière who are a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Control of cinema box office receipts

Article D212-67

For the application of this section1° A cinematographic performance is the showing of a cinematographic programme in a specific room of a cinematographic establishment at a specific time;2° A cinemato…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article L312-52

The contract of sale or provision of services is automatically terminated, without compensation: 1° If the creditor has not, within seven days of acceptance of the credit agreement by the borrower, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-22

The sponsor shall report to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé any suspected serious unexpected adverse reactions and any serious incidents occurring in France and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article D548-1

The amount of credit referred to in Article L. 548-1 may not exceed €2,000 per lender and per project. The term of such credit may not exceed seven years. The contractual interest rate for such credit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Approval procedures for bodies carrying out inspections

Article R3115-45

Failure to receive the annual activity report from the approved person or body referred to in article R. 3115-43, or the sending of an incomplete annual report within seven days of 1st March of the fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments

Article A123-84

The persons mentioned in Article R. 123-220 likely to be registered immediately in the national register of companies and establishments are those covered by at least one of the provisions set out bel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R4321-37

The Conseil national de l'ordre des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes is made up of thirty-eight members, thirty of whom are self-employed and eight of whom are salaried employees: 1° For the self-employed c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-2

…ng of Article 4(1)(7) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019, before taking any decision likely to have a significant effect on their supervisor…

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