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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1009-1

…shall decide, at the request of the defendant and after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor and the observations of the parties, to strike out a case where the plaintiff does not prove tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1015-1

The chamber to which an appeal is referred may seek the opinion of another chamber to which an appeal is referred on a point of law which falls within the jurisdiction of that chamber.The Advocate Gen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-14-1

The provisions of article R. 211-14 do not apply to drivers of vehicles normally based, within the meaning of article L. 211-4 , in the territory of a State other than France or Monaco, as referred to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The constitution of the European company.

Article D229-13-1

…opean Company formed by way of merger, each company taking part in the operation shall, in addition to the certificate referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 229-3 less than six months old,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-2 (suite 1)

…DISABILITY OF VICTIMS OF MEDICAL ACCIDENTS, IATROGENIC CONDITIONS OR NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE D. 1142-2 IV. - STOMATOLOGYA. - Loss of teethComplete inapparent edentation35 %Loss of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conciliation, orientation and preparation of the case.

Article L1454-1-1

…on and Referral Office may, by simple measure of judicial administration: 1° If the dispute relates to a dismissal or a request for judicial termination of the employment contract, refer the parties,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11-1

I. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may issue a simplified payment institution authorisation when the total amount of payment transactions forecast does not exceed a ceiling set…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-10-1

…lding, within the meaning of Article L. 233-4 of the same code, in a payment institution is subject to prior authorisation by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. Without prejudice to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Municipal finances

Article L2564-19-1

The twentieth paragraph of article L. 2313-1 is applicable in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-199-1

The words "related party" and "related party transactions" have the same meaning as defined by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December…

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