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Showing 68216830 of 41170 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-4-2016 n° 14-24.164

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-7

Information for people with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical l…

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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 Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European standardised information sheet

Article R313-4

The personalised information that the creditor or credit intermediary provides to the borrower in the form of the sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7, the model for which is appended to this code, c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-4

In the event of a breach of the provisions of article L. 4221-1, those of Book III as well as articles L. 4411-7, L. 4525-1 and L. 4721-4 and the decrees issued for their application, the judgment sha…

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

Article A132-7-1

I.-For the application of article L. 132-22 to the contracts mentioned in articles L. 143-1 and L. 144-2, the following information is provided annually: 1° The exact reference date of the information…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-72

The technical procedures for interrogating and transmitting information are specified in a protocol signed by the Minister of Justice and, as appropriate, the Minister of the Interior or the Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Suspension and division of custodial sentences

Article 720-1-1

Unless there is a serious risk that the offence will be repeated, suspension may also be ordered, regardless of the nature of the sentence or the length of the sentence remaining to be served, and for…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The family council

Article 400

The family council is chaired by the guardianship judge. Its deliberations are adopted by a vote of its members. However, the guardian or subrogated guardian, in the event that he replaces the guardia…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: The jury

Article R212-10-7

As soon as the candidate has provided proof of possession of all the valid accumulation units, regardless of the method of acquisition, the rector of the academic region or the minister responsible fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-9-7

The shared electronic registration system referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 211-7 is designed and implemented in such a way as to guarantee the recording and integrity of registrations…

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