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Showing 55415550 of 23994 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 27-10-2004 n° 03-15.769

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-28

I.-The undertakings mentioned in Article L. 351-7 are prohibited from making a distribution relating to one of the items mentioned in i and ii of a of Article 69 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-3

As stated in Article 226-27 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of identifying a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical or scientific research purposes or of taking biological trace…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-3

An appeal against the decisions of the juge commissaire taken pursuant to this section is open to the creditor, the debtor or the mandataire judiciaire. However, a creditor whose claim is discussed in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-28

The establishments in the network may, subject to the approval of the supervisory authority, work together to create, subsidise and operate establishments, services or works of common interest. To thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-1

The provisions of Chapter II bis of Title II of Book III of this Part shall apply in the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Decree No 2020-1094 of 27 August 2020,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

Article R7343-71

Without prejudice to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of indivi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Air medical transport.

Article R6312-24

The authorisation instituted by article L. 6312-2 is issued at the request of the natural or legal person operating a private air medical transport company, provided that : 1° It has previously provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal penalties

Article L1337-2

Discharging wastewater other than domestic wastewater into the public wastewater collection system without the authorisation referred to in article L. 1331-10 or in breach of the requirements of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-19

The categories of personal data recorded are as follows: 1° Family name and, where applicable, surname, forenames, gender and date of birth; 2° Nationality, in one of the following forms:-French ;a na…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-15

The sums collected by a company savings plan may be allocated to the acquisition of : 1° Securities issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-…

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