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Showing 26612670 of 69677 articles for Art. s. 1845 to 1870-1 · decree 78-704 of 3 July 1978 · C. civ. Art. 1105

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 321-35

The beneficiary of aid for collective operations has a period of twelve months from the signing of the agreement to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof that the opera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

No interconnection within the meaning of the 3° of I of Article 33 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms may be made between the automated national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry into office, age limit and honorary membership

Article R742-32

The title of honorary commercial court clerk may be conferred by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal on commercial court clerks who have served for at least twenty years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry into office, age limit and honorary membership

Article R742-31

Within one month of their appointment, commercial court clerks take an oath before the commercial court, in the following terms:"I swear to faithfully perform my duties with accuracy and probity and t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-3

The holders of equity securities referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or other securities or creditors of the person subject to resolution proceedings and any other party whose assets, righ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-3

…ting or trial court before it rules on the public prosecution. The application shall be the subject of a request dated and signed by the applicant or his lawyer, addressed to the court either by regis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-3

The assignee is free to dispose of the sum assigned, unless an agreement to the contrary specifies its use.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-30

The official report provided for in III of Article 529-6 shall consist of a sheet, bearing on its front, in the order set out in this article, the following information: 1° The number of the official…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33

For the application of this Title: 1° The words: "tribunal de grande instance" are replaced by the words: "tribunal de première instance"; 2° In Articles 21-28 and 21-29, the words: "in the department…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-3

Supplementary occupational pension funds are not undertakings subject to the Solvency II regime as defined in Article L. 310-3-1, nor undertakings not subject to the Solvency II regime as defined in A…

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