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Showing 16611670 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-3

Associations may be set up between mutual insurance companies providing the same type of insurance, the sole purpose of which is to reinsure in full the contracts underwritten by these mutual insuranc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medical monitoring of employees of the intermediary association.

Article R5132-26-8

Visits carried out in application of sub-sections 1 and 2 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book VI of Part Four of this Code may be carried out for several jobs, up to a maximum of three.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-3

Doctors working in the paediatric emergency unit must have a qualification in paediatrics or child surgery. However, any doctor with at least six months' equivalent professional experience in paediatr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 13

…tioned in I to VI of the 1st sub-section of this section as well as the income, net gains, profits, capital gains and receivables taken into account in the basis of assessment of this net overall inco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-26

I. - A general-purpose investment fund may have one or more sub-funds if its articles of association or fund rules so provide. Each sub-fund shall give rise to the issue of a class of units or shares…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L214-26-1

…marchés financiers, the fund rules or articles of association of a general-purpose investment fund may reserve the subscription or purchase of its units or shares to no more than twenty investors or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VIII: The European Certificate of Succession

Article 1381-3

In the event of refusal to issue a European Certificate of Succession, the notary will inform the applicant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. In the event of withdrawal of the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-27

…within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the officer is attached is located. This file includes in particular: 1° Applications for authorisation and the documents attache…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-137

…subject of a marketing authorisation granted by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Amendment procedure

Article R1333-138

…to their implementation:1° Any change in the radiation protection advisor referred to in Article R. 1333-18 or Article R. 4451-112 of the Labour Code;2° Any change to the elements of the declaration o…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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