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Showing 48514860 of 9424 articles for Art. CA Versailles 14-11-1996

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-28

I.-During the transitional period referred to in Article L. 352-4, the Solvency Capital Requirement referred to in Article L. 352-1 is calculated taking into account all the quantifiable risks to whic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: The right to support for young people towards employment and independence

Article L5131-5

…off allowance paid by the State which may be adjusted according to their situation. This allowance cannot be transferred or seized. It is not subject to income tax or to the contributions provided fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-8

In order to be the proprietor of a pharmacy open to the public, to become the manager of a pharmacy after death, or of a mutualist or miner's aid pharmacy, the pharmacist must provide proof of at leas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-8

…rocedure of the committee mentioned in a of 1° of Article R. 822-1, as well as on the annual specifications for technical support services to consumer organisations drawn up by this committee and pres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations and filings concerning natural persons

Article R123-251

…ed under the conditions set out in Chapter VII of Title II of this book; 2° At the time of his application for registration, a certificate of delivery of the information given to his spouse with joint…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article R121-12

…g either an increase in the total amount of expenditure, or transfers of appropriations between the capital operations section and the operating section or from the personnel chapters to the operating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-82

The procedures for applying the provisions of article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code and articles 713-42 to 713-44 of this Code, relating to the sentence of house arrest under electronic surveillance are t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of exemptions

Article R1453-15

The agreement stipulating the offer of benefits whose value is less than the amounts set in application of article L. 1453-11 is signed by the person mentioned in article L. 1453-5 and the beneficiary…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Powers (R)

Article R1425-16

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 1424-36, the Commission shall have access to all the documents used for the financial assessment provided for in Chapter 1 of Decree n° 96-100…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information

Article L785-13

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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