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Showing 40414050 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Collective investment management companies

Article L543-1

…management companies, legal entities that manage the AIFs mentioned in 3° of III of Article L. 214-24, managers of European venture capital funds covered by Regulation (EU) No 345/2013 of the Europea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…cil on simplified extradition procedure and supplementing the European Convention on Extradition of 13 December 1957.This section shall also apply to requests for provisional arrest for extradition pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Risk Committees

Article L511-93

…ons when it monitors the implementation of this strategy by the persons mentioned in Article L. 511-13 and by the head of the risk management function. In the case of a branch of a credit institution…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-6

…alculate these provisions, to supervise this calculation in the cases referred to in article R. 351-13 and to compare the best estimates with empirical observations. It provides an opinion on the over…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-6

For its application in Wallis and Futuna, Article L. 5124-13 is replaced by the following provisions:Art. L. 5124-13 -The import of medicinal products for human use and the import and export of gene t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-8-1

…eposit of the pledged item in accordance with article D. 514-10 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 13° The terms and conditions for compensating the borrower in the event that the lender loses all or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-166

The radiation protection inspectors referred to in Articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30 are responsible for monitoring the application of the provisions of this chapter and of Annexes 13-7 and 13-8 atta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

…ting procedures of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in articles R. 441-24 and R. 441-26.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor protection associations.

Article D452-2

…in approval, its managing members, within the meaning of article 5 of the aforementioned law of 1st July 1901, must meet the following conditions: 1° Be of legal age; 2° Proof of : a) either a baccala…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-21

Before making the offer referred to in Article L. 313-24, and unless it is clear that this is not the case, the creditor or credit intermediary shall ask the borrower whether the purpose of the credit…

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