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Showing 481490 of 43303 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 26-3-2020 n° 18-25.893

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-26

Is assimilated to residence in France when such residence constitutes a condition for the acquisition of French nationality: 1° The residence outside France of a foreigner who carries out a public or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-26

An error as to the age of the insured only renders the insurance null and void if the insured's true age is outside the limits set for the conclusion of contracts by the insurer's rates. In any other…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-26

The direct allocation must be repaid:1° In the event of non-compliance with the conditions of allocation or payment;2° When the gross receipts of exploitation accruing to the distribution company at t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions specific to the "Perinatal psychiatry" option

Article D6124-263

I.-The holder of the authorisation has one or more multi-disciplinary teams comprising: 1° At least one child and adolescent psychiatrist, with evidence of training in perinatal psychiatry such as a u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-26

Under the coordination of the regional medico-psychological emergency unit, the referring psychiatrist of a departmental medico-psychological emergency unit is responsible for : 1° Recruiting voluntee…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-26

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-261

The following shall be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon declaration by the French public establishment of an industrial and commercial nature: 1° With regard to the legal entity: a)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-26

A digital copy of a document referred to in article L. 1111-25, which meets the conditions of reliability set out in the second paragraph of article 1379 of the Civil Code, has the same evidential val…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-26

For three financial years following the issue of the authorisation referred to in Article L. 321-1-1, the undertaking must submit an annual report to the Autorité de contrôle on the implementation of…

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