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Showing 16611670 of 57126 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 25-1-2023 n° 21-20.009

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Public policy provisions

Article L224-25-32

The provisions of this section are of public order.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-6

Traders who offer, directly or through a third party, a supply of digital content or digital services may not make the conclusion or amendment of the terms of the contract governing that supply subjec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25-2

In the case of insurance undertakings whose head office is located within the territory of another Member State of the European Union, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may request…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Examination of the appeal

Article R212-7-25

The secretariat of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique examines appeals, under the authority of the commission chairman.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-22

A decree in the Council of State shall specify the conditions and procedures for the application of this section.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-25-2

The provisions of this section shall not prevent the free movement of football, handball, hockey and basketball goalposts which comply with the technical standards or specifications or manufacturing p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25-2

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is not the group supervisor and where it is informed by a supervisory authority concerned in another Member State of a request to subject a s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Register matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 25

Any registration must mention the day on which it is made and be signed by the court clerk.The registration is notified to the person who requested it, by the issue of a digital registration certifica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-25

The court shall rule without delay, in accordance with the rules of procedure applicable to it, on the referral of the priority question of constitutionality, after the public prosecutor and the parti…

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