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Showing 73617370 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-4-2

When the Finance Bill for the year is presented, the Government sends the standing finance committees of the National Assembly and the Senate a report on all the guarantees granted in the energy secto…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: National approval for social and family tourism organisations.

Article R*412-7

If it is found that the approved organisation no longer meets the conditions set out in article R. 412-2, the Minister responsible for tourism may suspend the approval for a maximum of one year, by me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-10

In application of the provisions of article L. 5132-15-1, the diagnosis of the situation of persons likely to benefit from working less than twenty hours establishes that their particularly serious di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-4

For the application of the provisions of article D. 4323-1-3, the information collected and sorted by the Order of chiropodists is kept by it for a period corresponding to the period of provisional re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

The Minister for the Economy decides whether to grant the guarantee provided for in article R. 442-11-1, after consulting the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, on the basis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-42

A general-purpose investment fund governed by this paragraph may invest :1° Up to all of its assets in :a) Units or shares of French or foreign UCITS ;b) Units or shares of general-purpose investment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-4-1

I.-The persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall put in place an organisation and internal procedures for the implementation of the measures for freezing assets and prohibiting the making availabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4221-15-4

I.- In the event of professional inadequacy making it dangerous to practise the profession, the temporary suspension, in whole or in part, of the right to practise is pronounced by the competent regio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-4-1

The articles of association of a société coopérative de commerçants may stipulate that a member wishing to sell his business, or more than 50% of the shares making up the capital of the company operat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-4

Public health establishments and the health establishments mentioned in b, c and d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code may only invoice the patient for the costs corresponding to the ca…

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