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Showing 711720 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17

I. - The transfer of ownership of financial securities results from the registration of these securities in the purchaser's securities account or from the registration of these securities in favour of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-17

Cover ceases if the contract is cancelled on its expiry date. It also ceases on the death or cessation of activity of the person covered or, in the case of a legal entity, on the dissolution of that e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-179

The only movements authorised on the custody accounts mentioned in article R. 743-178 are:- on entry, the sums received by the clerks of the commercial courts on behalf of third parties, pursuant to a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REGISTRATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION

Article R521-17

When the prefect responsible for registering the application finds that an asylum seeker is in one of the accelerated procedure cases provided for in Articles L. 531-24 and L. 531-27, he will inform t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-17

In return for receiving production aid for French-initiated feature films, production companies must ensure high-quality access to these works for the deaf or hard of hearing and the blind or partiall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-17

In the event of failure to comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions of this Title and Books I and II of Part Six of this Code, or breach of the conditions laid down in the authorisation,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-17

To avoid any risk of cross-contamination, when activities involving the preservation, preparation and transfer for scientific purposes of tissues or their derivatives or of cells are carried out on th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Adaptation of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-17

Any worker whose state of health, age, working conditions or the occupational risks to which he is exposed so require, in particular disabled workers, workers who declare themselves to be in receipt o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Rights guaranteed to foreign nationals during legal proceedings

Article L342-17

The foreign national may ask the liberties and detention judge for the assistance of an interpreter and for his or her file to be communicated. The same applies to the ad hoc administrator in the case…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-17

Article L. 624-6 of the French Commercial Code concerning the rights of the spouse of a debtor in receivership does not apply in the case of life insurance taken out by a trader for the benefit of his…

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