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Showing 19011910 of 18708 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 October 1963

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-1

…board industry) in the nomenclature of French activities drawn up in application of decree no. 92-1129 of 2 October 1992. The list of headings in the nomenclature of installations classified for envir…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-16

…d referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 141 of the European Patent Convention signed in Munich on 5 October 1973 or by the expiry of the period referred to in the second paragraph of this Article, the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

…991 and Decree no. 91-1266 of 19 December 1991" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-1147 of 12 October 1992 relating to legal aid in criminal matters in New Caledonia and the Wallis and Futuna Is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1578

…paration agreement by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures provided for in the article 229-1 of the Civil Code, to issue the notarial acts provided for in articles 46 and 317 of the Civil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

…nt of compensation due to the victim or his heirs, after deduction of the benefits listed inarticle 29 of the aforementioned law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and, more generally, compensation of any kind…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-8

…l, interdepartmental or regional association created in application of articles L. 342-27 to L. 342-29 of the Tourism Code may collect, on behalf of and at the request of the municipalities concerned,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-25

…y take out insurance with the insurer of his choice under the conditions set out in articles L. 313-29 et L. 313-30 and specifies the documents that the request for substitution must contain;8° Sets o…

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

Article R351-2

…aken into account is defined in Article 17 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. The boundaries of these contracts are defined in Article 18 of the same Regulation. Th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-23

…of the criteria used to assess the equivalence of the level of cover referred to in article L. 313-29, by type of cover required, after analysing the personal situation of the loan applicant; 2° Afte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local biovigilance system

Article R1211-37

…t up by healthcare professionals involved in the activities mentioned in 2° of I of article R. 1211-29; 2° Collecting, storing and making accessible the information communicated to it relating to inci…

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