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Showing 30513060 of 21547 articles for Art. Cass. com. 11 June 2003

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-13

…c surveillance is ordered when a person is released, the information provided for in articles D. 32-11 and D. 32-12 are included in the order. The investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-14

…rtificate and booklet for the persons mentioned in articles R. 519-8 and R. 519-9 as well as R. 519-11-1 and R. 519-11-2 ; c) Training certificate for the persons mentioned in article R. 519-10 ; d) C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-6

…first insertion was made and a mention of the time limit for appeal provided for in Article R. 643-11.The court clerk also sends, unless dispensed by the official receiver, a copy of the statement of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Transfer to the State responsible for examining the claim

Article L572-3

…in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-4-5

…tion notice on the entire contract provided for in c of IV of article 3 of Order no. 2014-696 of 26 June 2014 must contain the information referred to in articles A. 132-4 and A. 132-4-4, in force on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-12

…which serves as a guarantee for the payment of compensation in the cases listed in article L. 1322-11.The State, in respect of springs of which it is the owner, is exempt from the requirement to prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-12

…ion proceedings automatically terminates the agreement recorded or approved pursuant to Article L. 611-8. In this case, the creditors recover all of their claims and securities, less any sums collecte…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

…d for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exercised in accordance with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-4

…en all the sums paid to the judicial representative by the institutions mentioned in Article L. 143-11-4of the Labour Code, pursuant to the tenth paragraph of Article L. 143-11-7 of said Code, have be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R773-10

…019-1098 of 29 October 2019R. 519-5 and R. 519-6n° 2016-607 of 13 May 2016R. 519-7n° 2022-894 of 15 June 2022R. 519-8n° 2022-1456 of 23 November 2022R. 519-9 to R. 519-11, R. 519-11-3 and R. 519-12n°…

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