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Showing 301310 of 687 articles for Art. 46

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…6 to L. 131-44 law no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-45 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 131-46 to L. 131-63 Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-64 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Loan guarantees.

Article D2573-27

…ally applicable regulations.III. - For the application of article R. 2252-2, the words: "law no. 84-46 of 24 January 1984 relating to the activity and control of credit institutions" are replaced by t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-59

…he competent counterpart authorities in this work, under the conditions laid down in Article L. 311-46 ; 2° When it carries out the assessment referred to in Article L. 311-11, when it adopts the meas…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-1

…° The guarantor must be a credit institution authorised to operate in France pursuant to Act no. 84-46 of 24 January 1984 , as amended, relating to the activity and control of credit institutions, and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 463

The court that has omitted to rule on a head of claim may also supplement its judgment without prejudice to the res judicata as to the other heads of claim, subject to restoring, if necessary, the tru…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 465

Each of the parties shall have the option of having a copy of the judgment, bearing the executory formula, delivered to him. If there is a legitimate reason, a second copy, bearing this formula, may b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 461

It is for any judge to interpret his decision if it is not subject to appeal.The request for interpretation is made by simple application by one of the parties or by joint application. The judge shall…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 464

The provisions of the preceding article shall apply if the judge has ruled on matters not requested or if more has been granted than requested.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 468

If, without legitimate reason, the plaintiff does not appear, the defendant may request a judgment on the merits, which will be adversarial, unless the judge decides to adjourn the case to a later hea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 467

The judgment shall be adversarial if the parties appear in person or by proxy, in accordance with the procedures specific to the court before which the claim is brought.

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