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Showing 28912900 of 19990 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Mar. 2020 – no. 18-16099

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-9-1

…he Mutual Code; d) When they carry out operations falling within the classes mentioned in 1, 2, 17, 18 and 16a of Article R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code, at least half of their contributions are paid by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-14

…tim from the person placed under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in article R. 24-18. It is notified to the person placed under judicial supervision..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents

Article A123-72

The National Institute of Industrial Property does not issue information on registrations and other registrations made before 1 March 1954.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have modified or will mod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

…Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the information listed in articles 92 or 117 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies, an indication of the amounts paid to the person…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-9

Commissionaires aux comptes shall declare annually, by 31 March at the latest, to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes or its delegate, the conditions under which they have fulfilled their con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expression of wishes relating to the end of life

Article R1111-19

…I and III of this article, the persons identified in application of b and d of I of article R. 1111-18 are informed by the author of these directives of the registration of the data concerning them.V.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-11

…tion from article L. 5124-14, import, export and use blood-derived medicinal products as defined in 18° of article L. 5121-1. These activities are carried out under the responsibility of a pharmacist…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Request for a formal statement of position

Article R1824-1

…or in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 1116-1 to R. 1116-5 decree no. 2020-634 of 25 May 2020 II. - For the application of articles R. 1116-1 to R. 1116-5, the words:…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Postponement of the expiry date of certain sums held in the automatic account

Article 916-23

…in respect of cinematographic entertainment establishments which were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the period mentioned in 3° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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