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Showing 53215330 of 21229 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Jan. 2005 – no. 02-14118

French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…e of their duties. Any failure to comply with these obligations shall constitute misconduct.Article 11When a case is under investigation, the person in charge of the investigation shall draw up a repo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-14

…care professional, a healthcare institution, a healthcare service or a body mentioned in article L. 1142-1 or a producer of a healthcare product mentioned in article L. 1142-2, the insurer who guarant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-209-2

…om the reserves available to the General Meeting pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 232-11 of this Code. If they have not been used for one of the purposes and within the time periods ment…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 sexies

…n thresholds set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat;3 (paragraph repealed with effect from 1st January 2005) ;4 (Repealed) ;5. Any person who, for the needs of his economic activity, delivers for the fir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44

…ss 2 and Class 3 investment firms, in accordance with the applicable requirement set out in Article 11(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 multiplied by 12.5 ; 2° And the measure of the total exposure of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-12

I.-For the contracts referred to in article R. 113-11, where the conditions for cancellation provided for in article L. 113-15-2 are met, the insurer shall apply the provisions of that article:1° When…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R155-2

…ments of the high commissioner of the Republic in French Polynesia; 4° References to Article R. 221-11 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and articles R. 221-15-1 to R. 221-15-9 of the sa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R156-2

…artments of the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 4° References to Article R. 221-11 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and articles R. 221-15-1 to R. 221-15-9 of the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…I of Book I of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-1

…ions mentioned in IV of this article, the consent provided for in the fourth paragraph ofarticle L. 1111-4 is obtained in writing from the pregnant woman by the doctor or midwife who prescribes or, wh…

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