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Showing 391400 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-2

For the purposes of Article L. 225-21 of the Commercial Code, the directorships of a société anonyme belonging to an insurance group controlled, within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, by a mutual ins…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-1

When fixed-rate fines, reduced fixed-rate fines and increased fixed-rate fines apply to a legal entity, their amount is quintupled.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Validation of acquired experience

Article 212-167-4

Certain skills relating to particular safety conditions, both for participants and for third parties, in the exercise of activities in a specific environment, as defined in article R. 212-7, may be ex…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Validation of acquired experience

Article A212-42-2

Where the request for admissibility is for a complementary certificate, the candidate must enclose a copy of the diploma with which the complementary certification is associated with their admissibili…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Validation of acquired experience

Article A212-43-2

Any complete validation file submitted by a candidate no later than two months before the date of the jury must be presented by the regional director of youth, sports and social cohesion on the date o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4-2

The institutions referred to in this chapter which hold financial futures instruments the underlying interest of which consists wholly or partly of an agricultural commodity shall indicate in their an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Information on beneficial owners

Article L561-45-2

At the request of the company or entity referred to in 1° to 3° of Article L. 561-45-1, the beneficial owner shall provide it with all the information required to comply with the obligation referred t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1a: Contracts Committee

Article L2315-44-2

For contracts where the value exceeds a threshold set by decree, the Social and Economic Committee, acting on a proposal from the Contracts Committee, determines the criteria used to select the Commit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-2

Only practitioners who have been approved for this purpose by the Agence de la biomédecine mentioned in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid down by regulation may carry out biological diagnosis us…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-4-2

When it rules on compulsory medical liability insurance as provided for in Article L. 251-1 on referrals from self-employed health professionals, the Central Pricing Office may decide to apply either…

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