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Showing 16511660 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2-3

I.-The custodian referred to in article L. 143-2-1 shall be appointed by means of a written contract. This contract shall provide for the transmission to the custodian of the information necessary for…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-2

The administrator, if one has been appointed, or the judicial representative convenes the competent corporate bodies to deliberate on the request for replacement. The court rules on the plan in the li…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-3

…ocuments required to examine the matters on the agenda. The notice of meeting and related documents may be sent by any means, including electronic mail. Any person from outside the Commission provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-2

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-1, the marketing in France, with passport, to professional clients, of units or shares of third-country AIFs or feeder AIFs which do not mee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-3-2

…region by the Minister for Overseas France. The provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 4433-3-1 shall apply. The Regional Councils may submit proposals to the Government for the application…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-3

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-2

The notification referred to in Article D. 214-32-7-1 shall contain the following information:1° The consequences of the transaction on voting rights ;2° The terms of the acquisition of control, in pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article D6341-24-3

The minimum and maximum monthly amounts provided for in articles D. 6341-24-2, D. 6341-26 and D. 6341-32-2 are set at €685 and €1,932.52 respectively.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-215-3

When a dental surgeon participates in a public information campaign of an educational, scientific or health nature, whatever the means of dissemination, he or she will only report confirmed data, will…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-2

The conditions under which the intermediaries referred to in Article L. 228-29-7-3 facilitate the exercise by shareholders of their rights are set out in Articles 5, 6 and 8 of Commission Implementing…

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