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Showing 41314140 of 41626 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-3-2009 n° 08-11.278

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 75-3

The duration of a preliminary investigation may not exceed two years from the first act of the investigation, including if this act occurred as part of a flagrante delicto investigation. The prelimina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32

Pursuant to I of Article L. 214-24-1, the marketing in France of units or shares of an AIF established in a third country managed by a management company established in a Member State of the European…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-3

The National Council shall draw up a set of professional rules subject to the approval of the Minister for Justice. The Minister for Justice may ask the National Council to update or revise these rule…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Temporary authorisation to practise for specialist doctors and dental surgeons who hold a diploma allowing them to practise in their country of origin

Article R4111-34

I. - The entity designated by the agreement referred to in 2° of article L. 4111-1-2 or, failing this, the health establishment that has made the offer to take on the trainee, draws up the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-3

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 4301-3-1 relating to the "emergencies" field of intervention, in the field or fields of intervention defined in article R. 4301-2 includ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-30

As an exception to the provisions of article D. 312-27, the lender may grant the borrower: 1° An extension of the repayment date, no more than twice a year; 2° In the event of temporary financial diff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L3441-3

In areas of State competence, the authorities of the Republic may empower the President of the General Council of the Overseas Departments to negotiate and sign agreements with one or more States or t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-3

Where, when offering or concluding a life insurance or capitalisation contract, the insurer provides a prospective policyholder or a prospective member with figures relating to the amount of possible…

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