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Showing 49915000 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

As soon as it receives an application for authorisation pursuant to Article L. 54-10-5, the AMF will investigate the application. It may ask the applicant for any additional information needed to exam…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Institutions of heirs and legacies in general.

Article 1002-1

…herwise, where the succession has been accepted by at least one heir designated by law, the legatee may confine his emolument to part of the property disposed of in his favour. This limitation does no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration.

Article L7123-10

…duration of the assignment. The amount of the indemnity, calculated on the basis of this duration, may not be less than one tenth of the total remuneration due to the employee. The allowance is paid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose of agreements.

Article R6142-10

…l staff, hospital practitioners who are not subject to the status provided for in article L. 6151-1 may be called upon.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions relating to victims and civil parties

Article D49-93

…bligation to refrain from entering into contact with the victim or the civil party, provided for in 9°, 13° and 19° of Article 132-45 of the Criminal Code, the sentence enforcement judge may decide, a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094-3

The children or descendants may, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary by the disposing party, require, as regards the property subject to the usufruct, that an inventory of the movable prop…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10

…he following are involved in drawing up the regional development plan: 1° The State representative; 2° The public establishments mentioned in article L. 143-16 of the town planning codeand the public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4152-10

…dditional category for effects on or via breastfeeding as defined in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008; 2° Benzene; 3° The follo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign national who is a parent of a French national

Article L423-9

…child's coming of age does not prevent renewal of the residence permit provided for in article L. 423-7.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-9

…mmunicates information from ongoing criminal proceedings to foreign judicial authorities, he or she may subject the use of such information to conditions that he or she determines.

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