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Showing 37213730 of 42073 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 29-3-1995 n° 702

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors

Article L1432-3

I.-The Board of Directors of the Regional Health Agency is made up of :1° Representatives of the State ;2° Members of the boards and councils of the local health insurance bodies within its jurisdicti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-37

In the event of loss of the receipt, the security provided for in the preceding article shall be released on expiry of a period of five years, when the goods covered thereby have not been claimed by a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: ASYLUM AT THE BORDER

Article R351-3

Unless the examination of the asylum application falls within the jurisdiction of another State, the foreign national will be interviewed by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Statel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-3

Articles L. 214-24-34, L. 214-24-41, L. 214-24-55, R. 214-32-33, R. 214-32-35 and R. 214-32-40 as well as the provisions of this paragraph are applicable to each of the sub-funds of the fonds communs…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R*323-11

When it decides to implement one of the reorganisation measures defined in Article L. 323-8, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution : 1° As a matter of urgency, inform the competent auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R4113-30

The Conseil départemental de l'ordre shall decide on the application for registration within the time limits set out in article L. 4112-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health checks at borders

Article R3115-3

For the purposes of this Chapter and in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005), the following definitions shall apply 1° Free circulation means permission for a ship to enter a po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-31

I.-Applications from the persons referred to in article R. 811-27 shall be sent to the secretariat of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline des administrateurs judiciaires et des man…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

The coefficients applicable to works in the creative documentary genre are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into three groups: 1° First group: works for which the hourly cash contributi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-19

I.-Any association participating in a merger, demerger or partial transfer of assets shall make the following documents available to its members, at the registered office or on the association's websi…

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