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Showing 43514360 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

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

Article L113-2

…od specified in the contract, of any claim likely to give rise to cover by the insurer. This period may not be less than five working days.This minimum period is reduced to two working days in the eve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-8

In all cases other than those provided for in the third and fourth paragraphs of article L. 160-7, the insured must, within one month of becoming aware of the dispossession or the entry into force of…

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

Article R113-11

I. - The first paragraph of article L. 113-15-2 applies to the following tacitly renewable insurance contracts covering natural persons outside their professional activities:1° Contracts in the classe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional cinematographic performances

Article R211-45

…increased to 100 for works or documents in the documentary genre.The same work or the same document may only obtain one cinema licence issued in application of this sub-section.Prior to issuing a cine…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-106

I.-A shareholder may be represented by another shareholder, by his spouse or by the partner with whom he has entered into a civil solidarity pact.II.-The mandate and, where applicable, its revocation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-11

…exercised by the latter; 6° Agreements between shareholders of which the company is aware and which may result in restrictions on the transfer of shares and the exercise of voting rights; 7° Rules app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 560

…it has been delivered to the public prosecutor's office, an officer or agent of the judicial police may be requested by the public prosecutor to carry out searches with a view to discovering the addre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 728-11

A sentencing decision handed down by a French court or a court of a Member State may be transmitted, as the case may be, by the competent French authority for the purposes of recognition and enforceme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-97

…to the International Olympic Committee or the International Paralympic Committee when the decision may have an effect in relation to the Olympic or Paralympic Games, in particular by affecting the po…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-6

The draft terms of merger are filed with the clerk of the court of the registered office of each of the participating companies.A notice of the draft terms of merger is published by each of the compan…

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