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Showing 54215430 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A131-3

When the unit of account used as a reference to value the capital or annuity guaranteed by the contract is an SCPI unit subject to supervision by the Commission des Opérations de Bourse, the value of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Criminal provisions

Article R163-1

…quiring or inducing, by any means whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for the payment of a sum in excess of 15 euros, the delivery of one or more cheques for an amount less than or equal to 15 euros i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

…sued to the establishment and, where applicable, jointly to the associated establishment in accordance with article R. 1261-11, for a period of five years. Applications for renewal must be accompanied…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article R662-15

…e list of files that have been assigned to each of the persons to whom a mandate relating to the procedures governed by Book VI of the legislative part of this code has been entrusted, drawn up pursua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-44-1

…drawals of appeal or late appeals or appeals that have become moot, are applicable before the Sentence Enforcement Chamber of the Court of Appeal and its President, subject to the specific provisions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: French overseas departments note-issuing bank (IEDOM)

Article R721-8

In order to identify all the accounts held in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon by the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 131-72 and the second paragraph…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-12

Any establishment or organisation that carries out embryo research is required to keep the protocol provided for in Article L. 2151-5, the documents attesting to the collection of the consents referre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-7

Failure to grant an apprentice an additional five days' leave to prepare for tests at an apprentice training centre, or failure to maintain the apprentice's salary during this leave in breach of the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article R1232-1

…roupings. a) One representative appointed after consultation with the Association des maires de France; > b) One representative appointed after consultation with the Association des maires de France b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-12

When a person, in the advanced or terminal phase of a serious and incurable disease, whatever the cause, is incapable of expressing his wishes, the doctor is obliged to enquire about the expression of…

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