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Showing 941950 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-15

…s issued by credit rating agencies within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on credit rating agencies, t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

…t shall mention the surnames, first names and addresses of the parties and their lawyers.The communication of claims and pleas in fact and in law, documents and information between the parties shall b…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L2192-15

The public undertakings defined in II ofArticle 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contrac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-32

The provisions of articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1531

…the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article 21-3 of the aforementioned Act of 8 February 1995.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-58

…enter into an information exchange agreement with the master AIF or UCITS. However, this agreement may be replaced by internal conduct of business rules when the master AIF or UCITS and the feeder ge…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

…of the provisions relating to the reinstatement of the employee, as provided for inarticle L. 1226-8, the court hearing the case may propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, with his a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Exemption from producing the reception certificate referred to in article L. 313-2

Article R313-15

Other than foreign nationals belonging to one of the categories referred to in article R. 313-14, foreign nationals falling within the cases defined in article L. 313-8 may be exempted from presenting…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-4

In the event of absence or impediment, the members of the Board of Directors are replaced by alternates elected under the same terms and conditions and for the same duration as themselves.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…r-researchers working in the establishment or assimilated staff pursuant to article 5 of decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 relating to the National Council of Universities for health disciplines and…

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