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Showing 37413750 of 35573 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-4-2003 n° 525

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 9: Contract for the enjoyment of immovable property on a timeshare basis.

Article R211-47

When the financial guarantee ceases, under the conditions provided for in article R. 211-33, the guarantor shall immediately inform, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, the persons w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-48

Nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France to carry out all or some of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-41

When a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status already exercises, on behalf of the communes that make it up, the competencies set by the present code for another ca…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Inheritance and gifts

Article 1381-4

A decision to issue or refuse to issue a European Certificate of Succession may be referred to the president of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the office of this public officer is locate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 practising within the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 will enquire about the personal a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue.

Article R5125-45

Any production or dispensing by a pharmacist of a magistral or officinal preparation is immediately recorded in a register book or by any appropriate system. Each transcription or record includes a di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8-4

The agent shall, if necessary, provide proof of the approval mentioned in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

For the purposes of this Chapter : (a) personalised security data means personalised data provided to a payment service user by the payment service provider for authentication purposes ; b) A unique i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-4

Chapter I, sections 2 and 3 of chapter II and chapter III of title VII of book IV of the code de l'action sociale et des familles (social action and family code) are applicable to public or private he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds

Article L722-4

The provisions of this section apply to transfers of funds in any currency issued or received by a payment service provider or intermediary payment service provider domiciled in Saint-Barthélemy, Sain…

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