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Showing 47214730 of 41812 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-3-2023

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-31

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions.

Article L7211-3

The provisions relating to : 1° Moral harassment as provided for in articles L. 1152-1 et seq., sexual harassment as provided for in articles L. 1153-1 et seq. as well as the taking of legal action by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment choices.

Article R3332-3

The plan rules specify any changes to the initial investment choice that may occur when the employee leaves the company. Without prejudice to the provisions of the fifth paragraph of article L. 214-16…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-33

The following are, where necessary, made available to the President of the Executive Council, under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 4422-43 : 1° The territorial subdiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-3

In the event of total or partial abandonment of the assets made available pursuant to articles L. 1321-1 and L. 1321-2, the owning local authority recovers all its rights and obligations over the disu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3

Officers and agents of the judicial police are obliged to receive complaints lodged by victims of criminal offences, including when these complaints are lodged with a judicial police service or unit t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-12

The statement of appeal must be made at the registry of the assize court which handed down the contested decision.It must be signed by the registrar and by the appellant himself, by a lawyer, or by a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3

I. - Prior authorisation from the Minister responsible for the economy is required for foreign investment in an activity in France which, even on an occasional basis, is involved in the exercise of pu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article L134-3

In the event of insufficient representation of the commitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 134-1, the insurance undertaking shall perfect such representation by contributing assets representing it…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-3

Any change during the term of the contract, either to what was agreed when the contract was taken out, or to the insured object, which results in a significant increase in the risk, shall result in ca…

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