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Showing 29913000 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-10

The insurance policy may be pledged either by endorsement or by deed subject to the formalities set out in articles 2355 to 2366 of the Civil Code. Where the beneficiary's acceptance precedes the pled…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Practice of control medicine.

Article R4127-104

…examination is bound to secrecy towards the administration or body that calls upon his services. He may and must only provide his conclusions from an administrative point of view, without indicating t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-10-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Publication formalities

Article R22-10-1

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market are required to have a website in order to meet their obligations to provide information to their shareholders.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-10-1

Persons who have made a declaration of assignment pursuant to Article L. 526-7 and benefiting from the schemes provided for in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter du code général des impôts tiennent:1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D711-10-1

…ry and the regional chambers of commerce and industry are competent authorities pursuant to article 32 of law no. 2010-853 of 23 July 2010 relating to consular networks, trade, craft industries and se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R23-112-10

…the model documents required for the appointment of the representative provided for in article R. 23-112-12 and the members of the cross-industry regional joint committees.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The constitution.

Article R814-109-1

…ion of its registration on the national list of judicial administrators provided for by Article L. 811-2 or on the national list of judicial representatives provided for by article L. 812-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-100-1

…and examined under the conditions laid down in Chapters I and IIa of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-24

…ailure to pay taxes or contributions within the legal time limit will result in the application of :1° A surcharge of 5% on the amount of sums for which payment has been deferred or evaded in whole or…

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