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Showing 71017110 of 55438 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-2-2009 n° 08-10.723

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-4

Each year, the professional bodies mentioned in article L. 132-9-2 publish a report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3, which includes the number and outstanding amount of life i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-3

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber converts individual rights into rights expressed in units of account that were not selected when the contract was ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-2

Share consolidations provided for in article L. 228-29-1 include the obligation for shareholders to make the purchases or sales of shares necessary to carry out the reverse split. The nominal value of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

By way of derogation from Article 11, the Anti-Terrorist Public Prosecutor, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks

Article D4021-2-2

When a federative structure is created on the initiative of several national professional councils, its mission, in order to be recognised by the State, is to : 1° To coordinate discussions and work o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-28-2

When the duration of the apprenticeship contract or period is longer than the duration of the training cycle preparing for the qualification which is the subject of the contract, in application of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-2

Self-employed persons and persons seeking employment who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-28-1 receive, when they are following a training course approved under the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III

Article D46-1-4

The provisions of article D. 45-2-1 bis are applicable before the police court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable before the Court of Cassation

Article R*49-33

The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV - GEOLOCALISATION

Article R53-40-1

The separate file and register provided for in article 230-40 shall be kept by the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custo…

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