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Showing 441450 of 26908 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18-10-2016 n° 14-27.212

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1459

The competent supporting judge is the president of the judicial court. However, if the arbitration agreement expressly so provides, the president of the commercial court shall have jurisdiction to hea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-18

The statistical information that may be collected pursuant to 2° of Article L. 444-5 are, for each calendar year, in particular an estimate :1° Of the total sums invested necessary for the acquisition…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-18

When the dismissal or contractual termination of the employment contract of an occupational health physician is envisaged, or in the event of the termination of his fixed-term employment contract in t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-18

I.-The rapporteur referred to in Article 42-7 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication may refer to himself any information likely to justify initiating the investigation pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-18

In the event of the concealment or misrepresentation referred to in article L. 113-8, in the event that the insured has voluntarily taken his own life during the period referred to in article L. 132-7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-18

…t is kept in secure conditions and in accordance with the provisions of 5° of l'article 6 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modifiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. The pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 149

If one of the two is dead or unable to express his or her will, the consent of the other is sufficient. It is not necessary to produce the death certificate of the father or mother of one of the futur…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-18

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall demonstrate to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution that they make extensive use of their internal model and that it plays an important rol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-18

The holder of the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1131-13 is required to declare to the competent regional health agency and to the Agence de la biomédecine, the names of the approved practiti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational conditions for medically assisted procreation activities

Article R2142-18

The multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team referred to in Article L. 2141-2 is composed, for clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation, of at least : 1° A doctor qualifi…

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