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Showing 361370 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 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-19

The managers and employees of the persons mentioned in 1° to 7°c of Article L. 561-2 may disclose to the judicial authority or to officers of the judicial police acting under delegation that informati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Funeral services

Article L2223-19

…blic service mission comprising: 1° The transport of bodies before and after placing in the coffin; 2° The organisation of funerals; 3° The conservation care defined in article L. 2223-19-1; 4° The su…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-19

…which the justification is provided; however, it shall not prevent the application of Article R. 612-39. Proceedings for the grant of the patent shall be resumed as soon as the court's decision has b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-190

…pulated in the first and penultimate paragraphs of I and in the first paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-19 is raised to 50% for general-purpose professional funds.However, a general-purpose profess…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-191

By way of derogation from the 50% limit mentioned in I of article R. 214-190, a general-purpose professional fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in the financial instruments mentioned in 1° to 6°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-193

I. - The last paragraph of I of article R. 214-32-29 does not apply to general-purpose professional funds.II. - By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-41, the overall risk of a general-purpose pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-19

…e a decision to limit or stop treatment as part of the collegiate procedure defined in article R. 4127-37-2.II - To this end, the advance directives may be filed and kept, if the person who drew them…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-19

…ective water misting system must :1° Maintain the system to ensure that it is in good working order;2° Monitor the quality of the water present in the system at a frequency appropriate to the risks it…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-194

The substantial difference within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-4

However, if only one of the parents was born in France, the French child, by virtue of Article 19-3, has the option of renouncing this status in the six months preceding his majority and in the twelve…

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