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Showing 52015210 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Information to be provided

Article L522-4

Intermediaries or insurance undertakings are deemed to comply with the obligations defined in I of Article L. 521-1, Article L. 522-1 or Article L. 522-2 when they pay or receive a fee or commission,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter III: The direct payment procedure for maintenance payments

Article L213-4

The direct payment procedure applies to maintenance payments due.It also applies to payments due for the last six months prior to notification of the request for direct payment.These sums are paid in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-4

Midwives may prescribe medical devices and medicinal products, the list of which is drawn up by the administrative authority and, where appropriate, updated following the placing on the market of a ne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4233-4

Employers or, in the case of public sector employees, the hierarchical authority, are required to allow their employees or agents who are members of a council of the Bar, the time necessary to attend…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-4

In the event of an adversarial decision handed down in the presence of the convicted person or his representative, the latter will be given, at the end of the hearing, if he so requests, a statement o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-4

When withdrawing euro banknotes received from the public from circulation and depositing them with the Banque de France, credit institutions, La Poste, electronic money institutions, payment instituti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising in specialised sales outlets.

Article R3323-4

In pubs, restaurants and hotels, equipment, crockery and objects of any kind strictly reserved for the operation of the establishment, for the use of staff during their professional activities and for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-47

I.-The liability management vehicle referred to in Article L. 311-41 shall be terminated by decision of the Resolution College if one of the following conditions is met: 1° The liability management ve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

For the application of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 412-9

The amount of direct allocations is calculated once a year by applying a flat rate of 57 euro cents per paid admission, corresponding to the screening of the work or programme, made during the calenda…

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