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Showing 341350 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

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

Article L322-4-3

In the annual management report provided for inArticle L. 232-1 of the Commercial Code, insurance undertakings shall indicate the amount of the profit-sharing referred to in Article L. 132-29 and how…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-4

Community facilities belonging to a municipality or to third parties and located outside the area where the holiday village is set up may be taken into account for classification if an agreement concl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-3

An infringement action shall be inadmissible where, at the request of the defendant, the proprietor of the trade mark is unable to prove that: 1° That the trade mark has been put to genuine use in res…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3-4

Where the reproduction of a trade mark in a dictionary, encyclopaedia or similar reference work, in printed or electronic form, gives the impression that it constitutes the generic term designating th…

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

Article L511-4-3

Article L. 533-22-1 is applicable to credit institutions and investment firms for their activities of portfolio management on behalf of third parties and investment advice within the meaning of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Departmental councils

Article L4312-4-3

The nurses of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are represented on the Conseil national de l'ordre des infirmiers by the national councillors representing the Hauts-de-France-Normandie sector.

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

Article R250-4-3

When, pursuant to Articles L. 215-1 and L. 215-2, the Central Rates Office rules in matters of tenants' and lessors' civil liability insurance or co-owners' civil liability insurance on a referral fro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-48

No special benefits may be stipulated for founders in the draft Articles of Association.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-46

The companies referred to in this section may be formed either by a public deed or by a private deed drawn up in duplicate, irrespective of the number of signatories to the deed.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-4

Net claims on the Caisse centrale de réassurance relating to operations in which this institution intervenes with the guarantee of the State are admitted to represent regulated commitments. Net claims…

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