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Showing 65116520 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Conservatory measures

Article 706-104

[Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2 March 2004.] [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council decision no. 2004-492 DC of 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-90

Claims based on articles 1426 or 1429 of the Civil Code are submitted to the clerk's office by the claimant spouse within three days. The court hearing one of these applications may only give a ruling…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-91

…olvency proceedings or to the application of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings, opening insolvency proceedings pursuant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4382-9

…1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, other public sector employers and private sector employers finance continuing professional development initiatives. They shall imp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Accounting

Article D3665-9

The President of the Lyon Metropolitan Council attaches the mandates and supporting documents for expenditure, indicated in articles D. 1617-19 et D. 1617-20, to the issue slips that he sends to the m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

I.-The report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3 provided for in article L. 132-9-3-1 is published annually on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

…ntracts taken out within the company for more than one year from the date of knowledge of the death and the number of contracts concerned in years N and N-1;2° Amount of capital from life insurance po…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-3

…notifying the insurer of the option, to which is attached the notice sent by the contracting party and which includes the following information:a) The name and address of the beneficiary ;b) The cont…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-1

…The professional bodies mentioned in article L. 132-9-2 are the Fédération française de l'assurance and the Centre technique des institutions de prévoyance.II - Within a period of fifteen full calenda…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-6

…e scheme provided for in article L. 132-9-2 ; 2° Annual amount (including all technical provisions) and number of contracts for which the policyholder has been identified as deceased under the scheme…

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