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Showing 28612870 of 30818 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-5-1997 n° 95-17.953

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-5

The transferee company submits to the policyholders' guarantee fund the request for payment provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 423-3, the amount of which it calculates on the basis of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-5

I. - In the local authorities covered by the article 73 of the Constitution and in the overseas collectivities of Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Wallis-et-Futuna, following a public opinio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L612-5

The legal representative or, if there is one, the statutory auditor of a non-trading private-law legal entity with an economic activity or of an association referred to in article L. 612-4 presents to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approvals

Article D4622-51

When the Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity notes that the operating conditions of the occupational health and prevention service do not comply with the requirements o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: EC declaration of conformity, product quality assurance.

Article R5211-50

Within the framework of the EC declaration of conformity procedure, product quality assurance, for class II a medical devices or class I medical devices, the provisions laid down in Article R. 5211-49…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

Each shareholding local authority or group of local authorities is entitled to at least one representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board, appointed from among its members by the relev…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

The design and construction obligations for placing machinery on the market do not apply to the following products: 1° Products which, although meeting the definition of machinery, are subject, exclus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-5

Trade union organisations which meet the criteria of respect for republican values and independence, which have been legally constituted for at least two years and whose professional and geographical…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53

I.-Where the company is managed by a Board of Directors, the latter shall comprise at least three members, not including the members elected by the employees, in accordance with the provisions of Arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Involvement of the guarantee fund

Article R421-50

When, following the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's authorisation, the guarantee fund assumes responsibility for compensation for losses resulting from personal injury and damage to property…

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