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Showing 18011810 of 29475 articles for Art. Décret 2022-1691 du 28-12-2022

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

…this notification, the person concerned shall propose to the resolution college measures aimed at reducing or eliminating the obstacles identified. The resolution college will decide on these measures…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-12

The main purpose of the central insurance companies created by law no. 73-8 of 4 January 1973 relating to the implementation of employee shareholding in national banks and national insurance companies…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-12

In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, where it considers that the group supervision carried out by the supervisory authority of the parent undertaking whose head office…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-12

…compensating victims when the accident caused by a vehicle referred to in article L. 421-11 occurs during a journey directly linking two territories where the Treaty establishing the European Economi…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article L282-12

Official reports drawn up for infringements of the provisions of this chapter shall be forwarded without delay to the authority competent to initiate proceedings. Such reports shall be deemed authenti…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Sale by auction

Article L322-12

Failing payment of the price or its deposit and payment of the costs, the sale is automatically cancelled. The defaulting buyer is required to pay the difference between his bid and the resale price,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R221-12

Where appropriate, the bailiff may take photographs of the items seized. These photographs are kept by the bailiff for the purpose of verifying the seized goods. They may only be disclosed when a disp…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R211-12

…R. 121-22 are not applicable.…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-12

In urgent cases, the enforcement judge may allow the summons to be served at the time he or she specifies, even from hour to hour and on public holidays.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Direct payment at the request of a body responsible for paying family benefits

Article R213-12

The direct payment procedure implemented by a body that owes family benefits ends, at the latest, at the end of the twenty-fourth monthly payment made by the garnishee. Subject to the provisions of th…

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