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Showing 32313240 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

…umer Code, or the payment of all or part of the instalments on the said loan, the insured party may cancel the contract at any time from the date of signature of the loan offer defined in article L. 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4331-12-1

…mination of his file, either:1° Either that he may begin providing the services without prior verification of his professional qualifications ;2° Or, where verification of his professional qualificati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Tasks and accreditation of associations providing assistance to victims of crime

Article D1-12-6

The application for approval is composed as follows: 1° An application for approval signed by the association's legal representative; 2° The association's SIRET number, its identifier in the national…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

…9-1 do not preclude the exceptional use of certain medicinal products for specific therapeutic indications under compassionate access when the following conditions are met:1° The medicinal product is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…n of the risks and safeguards approach", approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: Ethical standard "securing the work of the statutory auditor-implementation of the risk and safeguards a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-4

I. - Every water bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-12

…mity which becomes apparent during the period for which it is supplied under the contract. The applicable period does not deprive the consumer of his right to updates in accordance with the provisions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Levy on income from capitalisation bonds or contracts

Article 125-0 A

I. - 1° The products attached to capitalisation bonds or contracts as well as to investments of the same nature subscribed with insurance companies established in France are, when the bond, contract o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 125-00 A

The capital loss incurred by a natural person in the management of his private assets, in the event of non-repayment of a loan granted under the conditions provided for in article 7 of article L. 511-…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-12

…ights or entrusting the children to a third party, the judge may commission any qualified person to carry out a social investigation. The purpose of this is to gather information about the family's si…

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