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Showing 43514360 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-46

Voters for a section of the college of hospital practitioners are those practitioners who practise in the discipline corresponding to the section. For a section of the college of tenured teaching and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-4

I.-Insurance and reinsurance undertakings may apply an equalising adjustment to the relevant risk-free interest rate curve to calculate the best estimate of a portfolio of life insurance or reinsuranc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-4

The following are not network operator activities: 1° The supply of gas or heat to networks intended to provide a service to the public by a public undertaking or a body governed by private law that e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article L4422-44

The transfer of competencies to the territorial collectivity of Corsica automatically entails the transfer to the territorial collectivity of Corsica of movable and immovable property used by the Stat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article L124-4

In the case provided for in article L. 25-1 of the Highway Code, as stated in that article, "the insurer of the owner of the vehicle is obliged to guarantee, within the limits of the contract, compens…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-40

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing autho…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1233-4

The authorisation may be suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part, in the cases and under the conditions set out in Article L. 1245-1, by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, followin…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-3

A holiday village may include all or part of unfounded, demountable, transportable or towable accommodation. These premises must be installed by the operator on fixed sites throughout the annual openi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Litigation by the municipality

Article R2132-4

The administrative court or the Conseil d'Etat may, if they grant the authorisation, make its effect subject to the prior deposit of the costs of the proceedings. In this case, they shall set the sum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENTAL AUTHORITIES

Article R3133-4

The administrative court or the Conseil d'Etat may, if they grant the authorisation, make its effect subject to the prior deposit of the costs of the proceedings. In this case, they shall set the sum…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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