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Showing 27312740 of 21674 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 janvier 2024 n° 21-25416

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-1

When they complete the periods of employment or training for which they have been called up, reservists who are employees or public servants, with the exception of those governed by laws no. 84-16 of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-30

…only be implemented in respect of unaccompanied minors in the cases provided for in Article L. 531-24 or if the applicant's presence in France constitutes a serious threat to public order, public sec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

In the event of conversion of an agreement under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sampling in three samples

Article R512-17

…ll include at least three samples, except in the cases provided for in articles R. 512-18 to R. 512-24. One is sent to the State laboratory for analysis, the other two may be sent to the experts appoi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Costs of reconstituting title deeds to immovable property and property rights

Article 775 sexies

…ets, provided that the notarial certificates mentioned in 3° of article 28 of decree no. 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité foncière, relating to such property, are published with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

The population to be taken into account for the application of this section is that resulting from the census, increased each year by population increases under conditions defined by decree in the Cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-13

The provisions of Articles R. 24 to R. 24-12 are applicable to securities created by a legal entity pursuant to the provisions of 2° of Article 706-45.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-146

No survivorship association may have a duration of less than ten years or more than twenty-five years, counted from 1 January of the year in which it was opened. The period during which a survivorship…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-9

…discretionary participations are determined in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 24 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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