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Showing 52415250 of 37517 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions applicable to persons serving a custodial sentence

Article R61-4

When the sentenced person is detained, the reminder of the obligations to which he or she is subject and which is provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 61 is made, in the days preceding hi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-40

…e not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-28 or in entities mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 214-28 whose securities or rights are includ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-46

I. - The entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 in which venture capital mutual funds may invest are those which limit the liability of their investors to the amount of their contribution…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article R742-4

…filling the diploma or traineeship conditions provided for respectively in 6° and 8° of article R. 742-1 persons who have successfully completed a post-secondary course of study of at least three year…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Responsibilities.

Article L5211-45

…a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-5, and on any project to create a mixed syndicate. It is consulted by the State representative in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-4

…sks inherent in the insurance or reinsurance activity to which the equalisation adjustment applies; 4° The underlying contracts of the portfolio of insurance or reinsurance commitments do not give ris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-42

…ollaboration with the other specialised commissions and under the conditions set out in article L. 1432-4, for drawing up a specific report on the assessment of the conditions in which the rights of p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-10

The judge shall rule, at the request of any interested party or the public prosecutor, on any difficulties that may arise in the implementation of the system.Selected for this purpose under the condit…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: The region

Article L131-4

…departmental tourism committee or similar body; 3° Tourist offices and tourist information centres; 4° The tourism, spa and leisure professions; 5° Tourism and leisure associations; 6° Tourist municip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-48

The technical device referred to in article 230-47 is authorised: 1° As part of a flagrante delicto investigation, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by th…

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