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Showing 771780 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-19

…l of the mobile electronic anti-tampering device, warning them that they are approaching the victim and that there is a risk that the warning distance will be disregarded; such failure to comply may n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1965 E

1. The special tax on insurance agreements and penalties paid in error may be refunded. 2. The tax duly paid may only be refunded in the event of cancellation, annulment or judicial resolution of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-19

…the hierarchical authority to which he reports at least thirty days in advance, specifying the date and duration of the absence envisaged in this respect, as well as the name of the body responsible f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-19

The State representative draws up and posts the electoral list. Voters are pharmacists who, on the date of closure of the electoral list provided for in article D. 4443-21, are duly registered with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-19

The data mentioned in 1° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kept for a period of fifty years from the date of their recording in the processing. The data mentioned in 3° of I of article R. 2143-17 are kep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-196

…ion grouping, to the regional pharmacovigilance centre, if it is located within this establishment, and to the correspondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 in other cases; 2° When the medicinal prod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-19

The participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 : 1° Set up a risk management system at group level. This system shall be appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-19

…ng to their actual attendance at plenary sessions, meetings of committees of which they are members and meetings of bodies in which they represent the territorial authority of Martinique. This reducti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article D5131-19

…d, the beneficiary will be reimbursed the overpayment. III - In Mayotte, the amounts mentioned in a and b of 1° and 2° of I are set at €285, €171 and €114 respectively. IV-The amounts mentioned in I a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-19

I.-The internal model and, in particular, the calculation of the probability distribution underlying it satisfy the criteria set out in 1° to 8° of this article. 1° The methods used to calculate the p…

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