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Showing 40614070 of 65061 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 March 1953 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 May 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 21 July 1999 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. com. 2 June 1958 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 1971 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-15

The insured risks remain covered even in the event of a forced change of route, voyage or vessel, or in the event of a change decided by the captain outside the shipowner and the insured.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 911-2

The time limits provided for in the first paragraph of Article 905-1, in article 905-2, in the third paragraph of Article 902 and in article 908 are increased: - by one month, when the claim is brough…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

…Any person who is the subject of an identity check or verification as provided for in this chapter may, where this check or verification reveals that there are serious grounds for believing that his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7-3

…sources and with the shared medical project if the hospital is part of a regional hospital grouping;2° He/she coordinates the hospital's medical policy;3° In conjunction with the hospital director and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 930-2

The provisions of Article 930-1 do not apply to the union defender. Proceedings carried out by the trade union defender may be drawn up on paper and delivered to the court registry or sent to him by r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-90-2

…ties when they carry out diagnostic or therapeutic cancer procedures related to this authorisation; 2° Health establishments or persons who participate in the local care of cancer patients in associat…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1536

Any natural or legal person may refer a matter to the judicial conciliator instituted by the decree of 20 March 1978 relating to judicial conciliators, without any formality.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729-3

Conditional release may be granted to any person sentenced to a custodial sentence of less than or equal to four years, or for which the remaining sentence is less than or equal to four years, where t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-15

The application made by the debtor pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 645-9 is filed by the debtor at the court registry. The assigned judge who refers the case to the court in accordance…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Taxpayers with professional income in different categories

Article 155

…to account to determine the industrial and commercial profits to be included in the income tax base.2. When a holder of non-commercial profits extends his activity to operations whose results fall int…

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