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Showing 66616670 of 35471 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 7-5-1997 n° 740

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

I. - When, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21, the commitments of the insurance undertaking under an agreement are no longer represented in at least an equivalent manner by the assets…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information for holders

Article L224-7-1

Everyone is entitled to free information about the retirement savings products they have subscribed to during their lifetime. The online service mentioned in III of article L. 161-17 of the Social Sec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-7-1

The duration of the apprenticeship contract, when it is concluded for a limited period, or of the apprenticeship period, when the apprenticeship contract is concluded for an indefinite period, varies…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article L124-5

Depending on the choice of the parties, cover is triggered either by the harmful event or by the claim. However, when it covers the liability of natural persons outside their professional activity, co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: CCI France.

Article R711-55

I.-The national strategy adopted by the General Meeting of CCI France pursuant to 1° of Article L. 711-16 is the reference framework for the strategy of regional chambers of commerce and industry prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-7-1

In the event of a civil conviction for infringement, the court may order, at the request of the injured party, that the products recognised as infringing products and the materials and implements used…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-11

Any measures taken by the holder of the exploitation rights to disseminate any information relating to the compassionate access authorisation from which it benefits to the healthcare professionals con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-11

Any measures taken by the marketing authorisation holder or the company operating the marketing authorisation to disseminate the compassionate prescribing framework or any information relating to this…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

I. - The following shall be submitted to the director of the registry of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the…

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