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Showing 46114620 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-1

…bility resulting from the use of river, lake and maritime vehicles (including carrier's liability). 13. General civil liability : Any liability other than those mentioned under numbers 10, 11 and 12.1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-37

…riminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in article 706-53-13, the regional court referred to in Article 706-53-15 may, in accordance with the procedures set o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-2

…margin in excess of the minimum margin requirement referred to in Article R. 334-5, Article R. 334-13 or Article R. 334-19, as the case may be. However, the total level of solvency margin required ma…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L212-1

Attachment and assignment of remuneration are governed by Articles L. 3252-1 to L. 3252-13 of the French Labour Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-7

The provisions of article L. 227-13 of the French Commercial Code apply to companies operating a medical biology laboratory.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-4

…the Industrial Tribunal, to which the matter has been referred in accordance with Article L. 3142-13, shall have final jurisdiction.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-4

…d they are at least eighteen years of age and satisfy the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 713-3 : 1° Voters in their own right referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 713-1 registered on the el…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1023

…n Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia or the French Sou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article L692-10

I.-The jurisdiction of the court referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall be determined pursuant to 2° of Article L. 721-8 if the debtor carries…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-17

…s the region or the rector of the academic region has made known its reasoned disagreement. In this case, or if the budget is not adopted within thirty days of notification of the region's participati…

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