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Showing 18611870 of 44027 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 March 1993

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-3

The certificate drawn up by the person responsible for the transfer of the second-hand medical device certifies that it has undergone regular maintenance in accordance with the provisions of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3

In university hospital centres, the director appoints the vice-president in charge of research on presentation of a list of proposals drawn up jointly by the president of the Institut national de la s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Establishment of filiation by possession of status

Article 317

…er documents produced that attest to a sufficient collection of facts within the meaning of Article 311-1. The deed of notoriety is signed by the notary and by the witnesses.The issue of the deed of n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-37

…ion may be withdrawn if the person ceases to satisfy one of the conditions set out in Article R. 15-33-33 or if it does not perform the tasks entrusted to it satisfactorily. This withdrawal is pronoun…

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

Article R332-3-3

…im on that undertaking, up to the amount guaranteed in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 332-17. The portion of technical provisions relating to business transferred to a securitisation veh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-2

This shall be done under the conditions provided for in Article 713-29 of this code for the application of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

…or the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent au…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 352

…f rents and claims for the return of goods, with the exception of claims made pursuant to Articles 236 to 239 of the Community Customs Code, shall be submitted to the administration within the time li…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 353

The administration is discharged vis-à-vis the debtors, three years after each expired year, from the custody of the registers of receipts and other documents of the said year, without being obliged t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354

Subject to article 354 bis, the administration's right of recovery is exercised within a period of three years from the chargeable event. The limitation period is interrupted by the notification of a…

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