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Showing 831840 of 25872 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 10-10-2012 n° 11-17.891

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-10

The organiser or retailer shall make the refunds required under II and III of article L. 211-14 or, under I of article L. 211-14, refund all payments made by the traveller or on his behalf less the ap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-2

Shared gifts follow the rules for gifts inter vivos in all matters relating to imputation, calculation of the reserve and reduction. The action for reduction may only be brought after the death of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-10

In the event of the death of a commercial agent, the obligation to apply for deregistration falls to his heirs or universal successors, through the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-10

Article R. 228-60, except insofar as it determines the conditions for application of Article L. 228-51, and articles R. 228-61 to R. 228-64 are applicable to the representatives of the bondholders' gr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-10

If the installations are not brought into service within five years of the date of notification of the order mentioned in article R. 1322-8 or if operation has been interrupted for more than five cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4342-10

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health shall issue the authorisation to practise provided for in Article L. 4342-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission of O…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-10

Decisions of the Board of Directors are taken by a majority of votes of the members present or represented. The members of the Board, including the Chairman, each have one vote, with the exception of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-10

The clinical investigation does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons who take part in it, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-10

The Board's decisions are adopted by a majority of the votes of the members present or represented.The Chairman and the members of the Board of Directors mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 4°, 5°, 6°, 7° and 8°…

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