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Showing 54315440 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-6

I. - Subject to the provisions of article L. 2411-15, the syndicate commission deliberates on the following matters:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…ssue an order refusing to relinquish jurisdiction, which shall be notified to the public prosecutor and the parties. Within five days of its notification, this order may be referred, at the request of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-6

Manufacturers, suppliers and users of consumer goods and construction products benefiting from a derogation granted in application of article R. 1333-4 are subject to the provisions of section 6 of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Specific provisions relating to assets held in sub-ledger accounts

Article R332-66

…ts constituting forward financial instruments within the meaning ofarticle L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code in the cases and under the conditions provided for in articles R. 332-45 to R. 33…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-6

…tising, regardless of the medium, relating to one of the transactions mentioned in article L. 312-1 and indicates an interest rate or figures relating to the cost of credit clearly, precisely and visi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Rules of conduct

Article L521-6

…information provided by the distributor to the subscriber pursuant to Articles L. 521-2 to L. 521-4 and L. 522-1 to L. 522-6 shall be provided on paper. This information may also be provided on a dura…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Commission consultative d'évaluation des charges des communes.

Article D2573-61

…II. - It is convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda for its meetings. The notice of meeting and the agenda are sent to the members of the commission at least ten days before the date of the me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-6

The application for registration is made by the applicant by handing over or sending by post or electronic means a form to the competent registrar. Where the slip is drawn up in paper form it shall be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-43

Where, in specific cases and in particular if, following an appeal in cassation, the final decision on the execution of the European arrest warrant cannot be given by the competent judicial authoritie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-28

…rance before the investigating chamber, to one or more of the measures provided for in Articles 138 and 142-5.

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