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Showing 11611170 of 56962 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-10-2014 n° 13-16.806

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

Article R423-13

Subject to the provisions of article R. 423-15, the fund must have at its disposal at all times a total amount of resources equal to 0.05% of the total mathematical provisions recorded at 31 December…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health and hygiene measures to control insect vectors

Article R1331-13

I.-Under article R. 3114-9, II, 2°, the mayor, as part of his responsibilities for health and hygiene, acts to prevent the establishment and development of insect vectors within his municipality. II -…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Nuclear medicine activities

Article R6123-137

I.-An "A" nuclear medicine authorisation may only be granted if the holder has a formalised emergency procedure enabling patients to be cared for if necessary, within a timeframe compatible with healt…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 100

If the same dispute is pending before two courts of the same level equally competent to hear it, the court second seised must decline jurisdiction in favour of the other if one of the parties so reque…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Dilatory defences.

Article 109

The judge may grant the defendant time to call a guarantor. The proceedings shall continue on the expiry of the period within which the guarantor may appear, unless the guarantee claim is decided sepa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 101

If there is such a connection between cases brought before two separate courts that it is in the interests of good justice to have them heard and determined together, one of those courts may be asked…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Evidence.

Article 10

The judge has the power to order ex officio all legally permissible investigative measures.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Dilatory defences.

Article 108

The judge must suspend the proceedings where the party requesting it enjoys either a period for taking inventory and deliberating, or the benefit of discussion or division, or some other waiting perio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 102

Where the courts seised are not of the same level, a plea of lis pendens or connexity may only be raised before the court of the lower level.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 105

A decision on the plea either by the court seised of it or following an appeal shall be binding both on the referring court and on the court whose dismissal is ordered.

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