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Showing 24812490 of 19519 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 27 January 2016

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-123

…operations referred to in Article R. 322-135, the companies or funds referred to in Article L. 322-27 whose exclusive object is reinsurance fall within the scope of this section, in particular as reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-14

…ere the receivership proceedings have been opened pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 626-27 and the debtor has transferred assets or rights into a fiduciary estate prior to the opening of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article R331-20

…iovisuelle et numérique by a rights holder under the conditions provided for in I of Article L. 331-27 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other means that can…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…uire immediate coffining in a sealed coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in Article R. 2213-27, and its closure; b) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining in a s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Commission consultative d'évaluation des charges des communes.

Article D2573-61

…ission for assessing the burdens of the communes, provided for in Article 11 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the Statute of Autonomy of French Polynesia, comprises, in addition t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-39

…emises suitable for admitting prisoners:a) By the health establishment mentioned in article R. 6111-27 when this hospitalisation is of an emergency nature or of very short duration ;b) By a health est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L774-42

I.-Pursuant to Article 7(8) of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004, subject to the adaptation provisions set out in II, III and IV, the following shall apply ipso jure in French Polynesia: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-3

…able, the terms of repayment of advances granted to the Treasury by the Banque de France prior to 1 January 1994. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to public credit institutions which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-11

…riminal record and automated processing of personal data covered byarticle 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, with the exception of identific…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

…n 2 of this chapter are set out in the penultimate paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of 26th January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. A municipality that loses…

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