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Showing 24312440 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-6

…on on outstanding guaranteed loans and risks underwritten, as referred to in Article 58 of Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 on the separation and regulation of banking activities, is sent to the Banque de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-6

…of judicial proceedings known as "Cassiopée" provided for by Article 48-1 and the articles R. 15-33-66-4 et seq, the magistrates who are members of the committee provided for in Article 262, as well a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L742-6

I.-Article L. 214-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting fromOrder no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accordance with Dire…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-26

…nd accessible to people with disabilities;4° Editorial expenses;5° Promotion and marketing expenses;6° Subtitling or dubbing expenses;7° Overheads, up to 10% of the expenses mentioned in 1° to 6°.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-6

The procedures for applying the provisions of

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Aeration and sanitation

Article R4212-6

…and per room)Isolated lavatory (**)30Insulated bathroom or shower room (**)45Shared with a lavatory60Grouped baths, showers and toilets30 + 15 N (*)Grouped washbasins10 + 5 N (*) N (*): number of uni…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: New tourist units.

Article L342-6

The rules governing new tourist units are set out in Articles L. 122-15 to L. 122-25 of the French Town Planning Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-120

…utor and after, where appropriate, an adversarial hearing organised in accordance with Articles 142-6 and 142-7.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…has been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall be as set out in articles 696-15 et seq.

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