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Showing 30113020 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-7

…if it had taken all the precautions that characterise a diligent depositary according to standard industry practice; " c) The depositary could not have prevented the loss despite the rigorous and comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-7

…if it had taken all the precautions that characterise a diligent depositary according to standard industry practice; " c) The depositary could not have prevented the loss despite the rigorous and comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-7

…had taken all the precautions that characterise a diligent depositary in accordance with standard industry practice; " c) The depositary could not have prevented the loss despite the rigorous and comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-7

The company terminates: 1° By expiry of the period for which it was formed, unless extended in accordance with Article 1844-6 ; 2° By the realisation or extinction of its object;

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-72

The following are prohibited for masseur-physiotherapists: 1° Any act likely to provide the patient with an unjustified or illicit material benefit; 2° Any rebate in money or in kind, or any commissio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-20

A violation by the convicted person of the obligations to which he or she is subject, committed during the period of enforcement of one of the measures, including probation, mentioned in articles 712-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-6

The provisions of this chapter apply without prejudice to articles 49 to 56 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 63

…tion judge of the judicial court in the location of the customs department responsible for the procedure.The visit is carried out under the supervision of the judge who authorised it. When the visit t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-67

…ect to the provisions of article R. 123-154, registrars and the Institut national de la propriété industrielle are entitled to respond to requests relating to cancelled registrations. However, after a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-65

…omatically edited with the same headings as the form arranged in the same order, or result from the duplication of the application for registration and, in any event, include the signature of the regi…

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