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Showing 47714780 of 21674 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 janvier 2024 n° 21-25416

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

…behalf of the beneficiaries. III - By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 518-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code, sums deposited with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article L4132-9-1

The chairman may decide that the regional council meeting is to be held in several places by videoconference. Where the regional council meeting is held by videoconference, the quorum shall be assesse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings

Article L7222-9-1

The President may decide that the meeting of the Assembly of Martinique is to be held in several places by videoconference. When the meeting of the Martinique Assembly is held by videoconference, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities

Article A210-1

To issue the opinion referred to in III of Article R. 210-21, the independent third-party body shall perform the following procedures: 1° It shall examine all documents held by the company that are re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-1

…E.-In articles R. 2141-17 and R. 2141-18, the words: "by the order provided for in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27" and, in article R. 2141-29, the reference to article R. 2142-27 are replaced resp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Claims covered by the insurance.

Article L3253-8

…collective agreement or by a document drawn up by the employer, in accordance with articles L. 1233-24-1 to L. 1233-24-4, provided that it has been validated or approved under the conditions set out i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-46

…be, either by virtue of the manufacturer's national legislation or in application of articles R. 5124-6, R. 5124-7 and R. 5124-10 or, where applicable, a copy of the receipts of the applications for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…unds referred to in articles 695-22 and 695-23 and may be for any of those mentioned in article 695-24.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-1

…the European Union, in accordance with the provisions of Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties, i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…ions. Failing the conclusion of a company agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2009-669 du 12 juin 2009 favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur internet, et…

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