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Showing 52515260 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-18

The injunctions provided for in this paragraph are sent by the drawee to the account holder even if the account on which the cheque or cheques were drawn has been closed. This obligation ceases at the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

I. - Articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 do not preclude the exceptional use of certain medicinal products for specific therapeutic indications under compassionate access when the following conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-1-1

As part of their training and by way of derogation from 1° of article L. 4111-1, persons enrolled in the third cycle of medical studies in France may practise the profession of doctor if they meet the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1375

…ivate signature evidencing a synallagmatic contract is only evidence if it has been drawn up in as many originals as there are parties with a distinct interest, unless the parties have agreed to hand…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1376

A private deed in which one party undertakes to pay another a sum of money or to deliver a fungible good is only evidence if it includes the signature of the party making the undertaking and a stateme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1373

The party to whom it is opposed may disavow his handwriting or signature. The heirs or assigns of a party may likewise disavow the handwriting or signature of their author, or declare that they do not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1377

…regard to third parties on the day it is registered, the day a signatory dies, or the day its substance is recorded in an authentic instrument.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1374

…ersigned by the lawyers of each of the parties or by the lawyer of all the parties is proof of the handwriting and signature of the parties, both with regard to themselves and to their heirs or assign…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds under private signature

Article 1372

…held to be recognised with respect to that party, is authentic between those who have subscribed it and with respect to their heirs and assigns.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing.

Article R313-14

I. - Commercial companies which use leasing transactions to acquire capital goods, equipment or buildings for professional use and which do not benefit from the simplified presentation regime, as prov…

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