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Showing 10311040 of 23074 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 20-12-2000 n° 1765

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-1

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is informed by the group supervisor, in the case of a supervisory authority of another Member State, of a request for authorisation to cal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-5

Where warranted by an emergency situation, in particular that described in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010, or an adverse development that is likely to threaten market liquidity or the stab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article D214-206-1

The extract from the articles of association of the société de libre partenariat referred to in article L. 214-162-6 is filed in the appendix to the register of companies. It is signed by the general…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208

The court or judge shall hear the parents, the guardian, the person or representative of the service to whom the child has been entrusted, and any person whose hearing it deems useful. In cases where…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-4

The beneficiaries of a loan granted by a specialised professional fund may be :1° Sole proprietorships or legal entities governed by private law primarily engaged in a commercial, industrial, agricult…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-20

The consumer is entitled to a reduction in price or rescission of the contract in the following cases: 1° Where the trader refuses to bring the digital content or the digital service into conformity;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-6

The officials referred to in 2° of Article L. 123-30 are authorised, on a proposal from the mayor, by order of the prefect of the department in which the municipality concerned is located or, in Paris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-20

When the office-holder maintains his intention to dismiss the salaried registrar, he shall notify him of his dismissal either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by letter deliver…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-20

I.-Insofar as they are strictly necessary for the purposes mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19, data belonging to the following categories: 1° Data identifying the beneficiary of a pathway; 2° Data rela…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1229

With the exception of cases where he orders an adversarial hearing pursuant to article 1213, the judge shall rule on requests sent to him or her after protection has been granted by the protected adul…

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