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Showing 29913000 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-11

…sumptions underlying that calculation formula, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may, by reasoned decision, require that undertaking to replace a subset of the parameters used in th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disposal of anatomical parts.

Article R1335-11

…provided for in article L. 2223-41 of this Code. The provisions of articles R. 2213-34 to R. 2213-39 of the General Local Authorities Code do not apply to them. Cremation takes place outside the crem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-114

…on from among the accredited inspection bodies in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 2223-113.An inspection must also be carried out after any total or partial replacement or any modificatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-11

…24-2. To this end, it contributes in particular to emergency medical aid as defined by article L. 6311-1 of the public health code. The health and medical aid service also provides aptitude, hygiene a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-11

…re considered as having regular distribution of repertory cinematographic works. However, exception may be made to the distribution of the six cinematographic works over these two years;2° Have submit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-11

…esentative of each elected group, party or political grouping entitled to take part in the campaign may attend the commission's operations. A copy of the minutes recording the results for each commune…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Investigations and identity checks

Article A36-11

…tions on the day the order is published, must be included on the medium. The operating systems used may evolve as long as they maintain their compatibility with each other, in accordance with the inst…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R822-118

…ning the composition of its capital and the scope of its activities. Each financial holding company may, in addition, be subject to occasional audits prescribed by the Compagnie nationale des commissa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-11

The approval granted to an association may be transferred in the following cases: 1° In the event of a merger of one or more associations, at least one of which is approved as a victim support associa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115 ter

…o the tax provided for in Chapter II of this Title carries on business in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and…

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