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Showing 97619770 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 30

In the case provided for in article 37 of the local civil code, the association's management shall be heard or invited to present its written observations before the court orders the convening of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transformation and merger.

Article L5211-41-3

I. - Public establishments for intercommunal cooperation, at least one of which has its own tax status, may be authorised to merge under the following conditions.The proposed perimeter of the new publ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-4

The opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings against a credit institution, investment firm or finance company entails, depending on the case, the filing of an application for withdrawal of author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-3-2

The professional rules established by the National Council relating to the matters listed in 2° to 6° and 8° of Article R. 814-3 are applicable to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-2

Persons who, on the date of promulgation of law no. 2013-442 of 30 May 2013 reforming medical biology, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician and who do not hold one of the diplom…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article R711-75-3

Contracts containing arbitration clauses and compromises entered into by the network's institutions are communicated to the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Article R. 712-2. Where applicab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article D211-9-3

Where the units or shares of undertakings for collective investment are in registered form, the registered intermediary is required, within ten business days of the request for identification made pur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-8

The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal grants or refuses authorisation by decree. Where he is considering refusing authorisation, he shall inform the interested party, specifying that he m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer of the employment contract.

Article L1224-3-2

Where an extended branch agreement provides for and organises the continuation of employment contracts in the event of a succession of companies in the performance of a contract, the employees of the…

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