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Showing 45914600 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

…g judge notifies the civil party every six months of the progress of the investigation. This notice may be given by simple letter addressed to the civil party and his lawyer, or at the hearing of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-91

…ctions brought previously shall be borne by the defendants. The court hearing an action for nullity may, even of its own motion, set a time limit for covering nullities. An action in respect of liabil…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Tax fraud, combating money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L772-9

…on of the assessment or partial or total payment of taxes provided for by local tax regulations, it may pass this information on to the local authority's tax authorities. It may also pass on informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Exceptional conditions of administration.

Article R5121-96

…centre mentioned in article R. 5121-88 or who do not meet the conditions set out in article R. 5121-91 may be authorised to administer themselves certain medicinal products classified in one of the ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-9

…deliberative assembly of the territorial authority adopts the resolution referred to in article LO 1112-3. The provisions of the loi n° 77-808 du 19 juillet 1977 relative à la publication et à la dif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Amending and cancelling declarations

Article R6351-9

…financial report sent by the service provider to the Regional Prefect pursuant to Articles L. 6352-11 and R. 6352-22 to R. 6352-24 and to the revenue received between the date of completion of this r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-11-1

…s Title or of Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the form of full hospitalisation may benefit from short-term discharge authorisations: 1° In the form of accompanied outings not exce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-1

…ich, in the absence of early treatment, rapid spread to all animals is inevitable. The veterinarian may only prescribe curative or metaphylactic treatment with a medicinal product containing one or mo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-11

…When the collège de résolution implements a measure in application of the provisions of sub-section 9 of this section, of I of Article L. 613-55, of 1° of I of Article L. 613-55-4, of I of Article L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers

Article L522-11-3

…orité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may impose the disciplinary sanctions provided for in Article L. 612-39, including removal from the…

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