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Showing 25312540 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Terms and conditions for redeeming electronic money

Article L133-31

As an exception to article L. 133-30, when the parties are bound by a contract that expressly provides for a term, they may agree to reimburse expenses only in the following cases:1° The request for r…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 2: The department.

Article L132-3

…members representing : 1° Consular bodies and, where appropriate, economic development committees ; 2° Tourist offices and tourist information centres; 3° The tourism, spa and leisure professions; 4°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-1

…onal territory on a temporary or occasional basis an activity falling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services in the int…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to group preventive recovery plans

Article L613-37

…hall communicate the preventive group recovery plans referred to it pursuant to VII of Article L. 613-35:1° To the competent authorities responsible for the supervision of subsidiaries established in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-3

…right of disclosure on the part of the deceased author's representatives referred to in Article L. 121-2, the court may order any appropriate measure. The same applies if there is a conflict between t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article R661-3

…liability for insufficient assets, personal bankruptcy or prohibition provided for in Article L. 653-8. However, the period within which the debtor may lodge an appeal against the judgment adopting o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-2

…thin five days of receipt of the case file at the Cour de cassation. The submission of the pleading may be made by any means enabling a written record to be kept. After the expiry of this period, no n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 567-2

…extend the time limit for a period of eight days. After the expiry of this time limit, no new plea may be raised by him and no further pleadings may be lodged.As soon as the pleading has been lodged,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the "paediatric critical care" modality

Article D6124-32

…as follows: 1° At least eight beds for the paediatric critical care unit referred to in 1° of R. 6123-34-2. In the event of the creation of a hospitalisation sector or the reconstruction or redevelop…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-35

…into account in the calculation of the Solvency Capital Requirement in accordance with Articles R. 356-19 to R. 356-22, as well as risks which are not, or not fully, included in this calculation. Thi…

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