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Showing 46714680 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-7

…issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans obtained or guaranteed and deposits placed with the same body may not exceed 5% of the total amount of commitments referred…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-7

The text of the European patent application or the European patent drafted in the language of proceedings before the European Patent Office created by the Munich Convention shall be the authentic text…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R321-73

The decisions referred to in articles R. 321-71 and R. 321-72 may only be taken after the interested party has been given sufficient time to examine his file and to submit written observations. In the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of pharmacist-biologists.

Article R4235-71

The pharmacist-biologist must ensure compliance with professional ethics and with all regulations issued in the interests of public health. He shall carry out his duties by applying appropriate scient…

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

Article R351-7

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall use the technical information developed pursuant to Article 77e of Directive 2009/138/EC of 25 November 2009 as amended to calculate the best estimate refe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishments organising the practice of underwater diving

Article A322-71

…They do not apply to archaeological diving, underground diving or underwater orienteering training and competition courses.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-7

…in the cases provided for by article D. 45-15, as well as the penalties set out in articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Penal Code. On pain of inadmissibility, the request submitted pursuant to article 4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…s regards the duration, of this prohibition, disqualification or incapacity. If the conviction was handed down by an assize court, the court with jurisdiction to rule on the application is the investi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-7

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6154-2, L. 6154-3 to L. 6154-6 and, unless otherwise provided and insofar as is necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-7

…the same orchestra. In this case, the employment contract identifies all the artists hired by name and includes the amount of salary allocated to each of them. It may be signed by a single artist, pr…

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