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Showing 48614870 of 23743 articles for Art. Cass. 13 March 2008 – counterfeit as dispossession

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-14

…by the policyholder's creditors. The latter are only entitled to a refund of the premiums, in the case indicated by the second paragraph of article L. 132-13, by virtue of either article 1341-2 of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-3

…clauses of treaties or specifications which, prior to the date of entry into force of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, have provided for the assumption of resp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-10

…of the members of the supervisory board of the policyholders' guarantee fund, each member company has a number of votes proportional to the share of its contributions in the total amount provided for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of a qualified person

Article L512-17

…inal procedure or administrative police act.They may not use the information they obtain on this occasion to implement the inspection powers they have, where applicable, by virtue of other legislative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article R1233-15-1

The administrative authority referred to in articles L. 1233-57-13 and L. 1233-57-21 is the Prefect of the département in which the establishment has its registered office. The information and reports…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R641-31

I.-Articles R. 624-13 to R. 624-15 shall apply to judicial liquidation proceedings subject to the following provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-8

…f Article L. 6122-10 relating to renewal of authorisation are applied, the application is submitted as provided for in Article R. 6122-28. In this case, the authorisation holder sends a copy of the ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-4

…f Article L. 6122-10 relating to renewal of authorisation are applied, the application is submitted as provided for in Article R. 6122-28. In this case, the authorisation holder sends a copy of the ap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and meetings.

Article R5312-16

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least ten of its members are present. If this number is not reached, the Board is reconvened within fifteen days. It may then validly deliberat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-25

…121-21 must be accompanied by a dossier containing the following information and documents, updated as necessary, presented in accordance with the order referred to in Article R. 5121-11: 1° Chemical,…

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