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Showing 951960 of 56854 articles for Art. Cass. com. 31-1-2017 n° 14-29.474

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-14

Persons who have lost French nationality pursuant to article 23-6 or who has been refused a claim under Article 30-3 may claim French nationality by declaration made in accordance with Articles 26 et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions

Article L2223-14

Municipalities may, but are not obliged to institute all of the categories listed below, grant in their cemeteries: 1° Temporary concessions for a maximum of fifteen years; 2° Thirty-year concessions;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-144

For tontines falling within the scope of Article L. 310-3-2 whose solvency margin does not reach the regulatory minimum, and for tontines falling within the scope of Article L. 310-3-1 whose eligible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of automated external defibrillators by non-physicians

Article R6311-14

Automated external defibrillators, which for the purposes of this section are fully automatic external defibrillators and semi-automatic external defibrillators, are a medical device authorised to be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-14

I. - When a credit institution is designated in application of article L. 312-1 to open an account for a person subject to a measure freezing funds and economic resources, it shall seek prior authoris…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-14

A partial internal model shall be approved by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution only where it meets the requirements set out in Article R. 352-13 and the following conditions: a) It…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-14

Advances and loans to the regional branches of the central body of Crédit Agricole become immediately repayable in the event of a breach of the Articles of Association or amendments to the Articles of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-14

The authorising officer of the régie, mentioned in article R. 2221-28 and to article R. 2221-57, may, by delegation from the board of directors or the municipal council and with the approval of the ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-14-1

Article 706-14 is applicable to any person who is the victim of the destruction by fire of a terrestrial motor vehicle belonging to him or her and who can prove at the time of the events that he or sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

As from the notification of the higher bid, the purchaser, if he has regained possession of the business, is automatically the receiver and may only perform acts of administration. However, he may app…

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