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Showing 881890 of 49798 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1992 n° 90-19.710

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-3

This section shall not apply to micro-enterprises providing non-dial-based interpersonal communications services, unless they also provide other electronic communications services. Prior to the conclu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-1

Once the delegation contract referred to in article L. 131-14 has been signed, the decision by the Minister for Sport granting the delegation to a federation is made after consultation with the French…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-26-3

Applications for delegation or its renewal must be submitted no later than: - 30 June of the year following that of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games; -30 June of the year in which the Olympic a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Youth passbook

Article L221-26-1

Operations relating to the Livret Jeune are subject to documentary and on-site inspections by the Inspectorate General of Finance, and the collecting institutions and bodies are subject to the same in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-4

Mutual insurance companies, tontines and agricultural mutual insurance and reinsurance companies or funds governed by article L771-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are special forms of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-3

Associations may be set up between mutual insurance companies providing the same type of insurance, the sole purpose of which is to reinsure in full the contracts underwritten by these mutual insuranc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-6

Mutual societies and associations thereof may only accept reinsurance risks under the conditions laid down by the decree provided for in Article L. 310-7.

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

Article ANNEXE, art. 26

Where registration is subject to the prior resolution of a dispute, the court may defer ruling on the application for registration.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Joint police and gendarmerie services

Article R15-26-1

The automated road traffic offence recording centre constitutes a joint service within which the officers and agents of the judicial police of the national police and gendarmerie carry out their usual…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R53-8-26

In application of Article 706-53-8, the file manager sends daily notices to the Ministry of the Interior of new entries, changes of address relating to an entry or failure to provide proof of address.…

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