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Showing 22812290 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 82-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of this sub-section, questions of jurisdiction within a judicial court may be settled before the first hearing by reference to the file, at the request of a pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-8

Persons who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or who are beneficiaries of such a scheme may be asked to take part in clinical investigations which do not involve any risk or constraint. B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-8

…lood transfusion establishments and establishments or organisations authorised under articles L. 1243-2 and L. 1245-5; 2° With regard to the other elements of the armed forces health service and the o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: The guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article L423-8

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will specify :- the conditions and ceilings for compensation per policyholder, subscriber, member or beneficiary, the procedures and deadlines for compensation as well a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to sole traders with limited liability

Article L711-8

…ore, as the case may be, the approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in Article L. 732-1, until the decision imposing the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4, L. 733-7…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-8

…High Council a request for the provisional suspension of a statutory auditor pursuant to Article L. 824-7, it will notify the interested party of the decision and the grievances, and will give the lat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-1

I.-The national health identifier defined in article L. 1111-8-1 is the registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons (NIR).For persons awaiting the allocation…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Party walls and ditches

Article 657

Any co-owner may build against a party wall, and have beams or joists placed in the full thickness of the wall, to within fifty-four millimetres, without prejudice to the neighbour's right to have the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration of the holder

Article L2213-8

The contractor's remuneration is paid by the purchaser as from the completion of the compulsory main tasks mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1112-1 and throughout the duration of the cont…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Termination of proceedings

Article 807-1

…te of partial closure must be as close as possible to the date set for oral argument. The article 798, paragraphs 2 to 4 of the article 799 as well as the articles 802 to 807 are applicable to the thi…

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