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Showing 86118620 of 27157 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9-10-2007 n° 05-22.023

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-44

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-1

Article L. 22-10-36 of the French Commercial Code applies to the insurance and reinsurance companies referred to in Articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-1-1 which take the form of a société anonyme and whose…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-13

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings must put in place internal processes and procedures to ensure the appropriateness, completeness and accuracy of the data used in the calculation of their prudent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Valuation of assets

Article A343-2-2

For listed securities, the estimate provided for in Article R. 343-10 is made according to the same rules as those defined in article 121-6 of regulation no. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations of amending or supplementary registration.

Article R123-48

In the event of the transfer, within the jurisdiction of another court, of the principal or secondary establishment, or the change, to an address within the jurisdiction of another court, of the busin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Canvassing in banking or financial matters

Article L353-1

The following offences are punishable by six months' imprisonment and a fine of €7,500 1° Any person who engages in the activity of canvassing for banking or financial services as defined in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-34

I.- A decision to refuse authorisation or, when the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article L. 6122-10 are applied, to refuse authorisation renewal may only be taken for one or more of the follo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Persons liable.

Article D211-1

Pursuant to article L. 211-1-1, cancellation of the insurance contract is conditional upon the insured providing his insurer, no later than fifteen days after the insurer has been notified by the insu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1527-1

Unless otherwise provided, for the application of the provisions of this Code to Wallis and Futuna :1° The reference to the territory replaces that of the region or department;2° The reference to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia; 2° References to the court of the…

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