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Showing 36513660 of 22174 articles for Art. Cass. com. 11 January 2017

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations

Article L513-10

…tions foncières or other resources benefiting from the preferential right defined in article L. 513-11, sociétés de crédit foncier may use forward financial instruments, as defined in article L. 211-1…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-7

…f Article 126-9, which is reproduced in the notice, as well as the first paragraph of l'article 126-11. The notice shall be sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the parties who…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-43

…efusal provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. In the event that, pursuant to 3° of article 728-11, the consent of the competent authority of the executing State is required, the public prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Proceedings against the trader

Article R1110-15

…onal association concerned fails to comply with the three-month time limit stipulated in article R. 1110-11 for implementing the conciliation procedure, or the time limit stipulated in article R. 1110…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-22

…o the effect that it does not fall into any of the cases mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-11 of the French Public Procurement Code; 2° The information requested by the National Council for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Contractualised support pathway to employment and independence

Article R5131-13

…dered to have achieved independence, in the light of the assessments referred to in article R. 5131-11 or changes in the young person's situation ; 2° When the beneficiary reaches his or her twenty-si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-24

…iance with the provisions laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/573 of 15 December 2017 on the essential elements of data storage contracts to be concluded in the context of a tobacco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 88

…hese pensions or annuities.This declaration must be filed with the tax authorities no later than 31 January of the calendar year following that in which these sums were paid.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Marine, river and lake liability insurance

Article L173-24

…rs whose rights are subject to limitation under the terms of articles 58 to 60 of law no. 67-5 of 3 January 1967 on the status of ships and other sea-going vessels have no action against the insurer.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Medical biology

Article L6433-1

Articles L. 6211-3 and L. 6211-3-1 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting respectively from Law no. 2023-379 of 19 May 2023 on improving access to care by trusting healthcare pro…

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