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Showing 16111620 of 25461 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Jul. 2004

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…uire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also the companies that p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6262-7

As from the referral to the territorial audit chamber and until the end of the procedure provided for in article LO 6262-4, the Territorial Council may not vote on budgetary matters, except for the de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article LO6362-7

As from the referral to the territorial audit chamber and until the end of the procedure provided for in article LO 6362-4, the Territorial Council may not vote on budgetary matters, except for the de…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 750-1

In application of the Article 4 of Law no. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016, on pain of inadmissibility, which the judge may declare ex officio, the legal claim shall be preceded, at the parties' option,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Seizures without dispossession

Article 706-158

…applicable, of the owner or holder of the property who is liable for it in accordance with Article 706-143 of this code. Aside from acts of maintenance and conservation, the custodian of the seized p…

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

Article L1544-7

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-17 : I. - The first three paragraphs of the article are replaced by the following provisions: When the damage is compensabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 776-1

The bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record of legal entities is issued: 1° To prefects, State administrations and local authorities to whom proposals or tenders for the award of public works or contrac…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Risks covered.

Article A432-7

As regards the guarantee of the exchange rate risk relating to export transactions or to loans or credits granted to finance export transactions or export-related transactions, the loss or profit that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-7

…the exception of data collected in the shared medical file in application of IV of article L. 1111-17 of the Public Health Code, may be notified to the physician whom the employer appoints for this pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-77

The date after which voting forms received by the Company will no longer be taken into account may not be more than three days before the date of the General Meeting, unless a shorter period is provid…

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