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Showing 29512960 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual obligations

Article L315-8-1

The issuer shall ensure that all transactions required to manage the currency defined in Article L. 315-1 of this Code comply with the accessibility requirements set out in Article L. 412-13 of the Fr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…exceptionally and in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article 706-88, decide that the current police custody of a person, based on one of the offences referred to in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article D312-8-1

…n within two months, the administrative appeal lodged with the authorities mentioned in articles D. 312-3 and D. 312-7 is deemed to have been rejected on the same grounds as those of the contested dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Apprenticeship supervisor.

Article L6223-8-1

…his role.The conditions of professional competence required of an apprenticeship supervisor in application of article L. 6223-1 are determined by collective branch agreement.In the absence of such an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-8

The election of the Chairman may only take place if at least half of the members of the National Health Conference are present or have given a mandate. The election of the members representing the col…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

Article R3261-13-8

…ility of the issuer, the sums credited to the mobility voucher accounts provided for in articles L. 3261-6 and L. 3261-7 may be temporarily invested, provided that their initial nominal value can be r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Additional remuneration

Article R1435-9-8

…for students or doctors working on a locum basis. At the end of each month or each quarter in application of the previous paragraph, the signatory of the contract for the commencement of practice sen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

The technical provisions corresponding to accepted reinsurance transactions are as follows: 1° Mathematical provision: difference between the present value of the commitments assumed by the reinsurer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-8

Any filing that does not include at least one copy of the application for registration containing the mention provided for in a of 1° of Article R. 512-3 and at least one copy of the graphic or photog…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R742-8

…traineeship is one year. It is reduced to three months for the persons mentioned in article R. 742-3.

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