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Showing 18211830 of 38458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-4-2010 n° 08-70.338

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Smuggling.

Article 418

Goods in the category of those prohibited from entry or subject to internal consumption taxes are deemed to have been smuggled in and goods in the category of those prohibited from exit are deemed to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-8

The application for leave to be a close carer must be accompanied by the following documents:1° A sworn statement of the applicant's family relationship with the person being cared for or of the assis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-8

Where it proves necessary to prevent or control serious risks to human health : 1° Any natural person or legal entity is required, at the Agency's request, to provide it with any information it holds…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-8

For the application of article L. 1142-17 in Wallis and Futuna : 1° The first three paragraphs are replaced by the following provisions: Where the damage is compensable under article L. 1142-3 as it a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-8

The guaranteed capital or annuity may be payable on the death of the insured to one or more specified beneficiaries. A stipulation is considered to have been made for the benefit of specific beneficia…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-8

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall implement quotation step regimes for shares, representative certificates, listed funds, preferential certificates and other similar financial instruments, as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-8

Par dérogation à l'article L. 5217-12, the Greater Paris metropolitan area benefits from a global operating grant equal to the sum of the following two components:1° An inter-municipality grant, calcu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-3

The card allowing the exercise of an itinerant commercial or craft activity, provided for in article L. 123-29, is signed by the president of the consular chamber or his representative. It includes th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-2

If an agricultural holding constituting an economic unit and not run as a company is not maintained in undivided ownership and has not been the subject of a preferential allotment under the conditions…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-8

I.-The agreement of the subscriber referred to in 2° of article L. 370-7 is constituted, when the contract is subscribed by a group of employers, by the agreement of this group, when the latter repres…

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