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Showing 24812490 of 57087 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 26-1-2023 n° 21-18.653 FB

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-14

The approval of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution is not required when all the following conditions are met: 1° The principal activity of the financial holding company or the parent…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-15

If, after a traditional herbal medicinal product has been registered, the proprietor considers, on the basis of new data available to him, that, given its characteristics, the medicinal product is now…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals temporarily residing on French territory

Article D426-12

…existence for at least three years and holds the authorisation provided for in article 15 de la loi n° 2006-586 du 23 mai 2006 relative au volontariat associatif et à l'engagement éducatif. Its validi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-1

…The application for a reduction in fees provided for in Article L. 612-20, as it read prior to loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005, shall be submitted in writing to the Director General of the Institu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-1

Conventional subrogation occurs on the creditor's initiative where the creditor, receiving his payment from a third party, subrogates that third party in his rights against the debtor.This subrogation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-1

I. - The nominative lists referred to in article L. 4321-10 group together the masseur-physiotherapists who hold the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation to practise required to practise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R912-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Provisions specific to Saint-Barthélemy.

Article R962-1

For the application of Articles R. 221-3, R. 221-4, R. 223-26, R. 225-20, R. 225-22, R. 225-24, R. 225-47, R. 225-49, R. 225-51, R. 225-106 and R. 227-1-1, the reference to Article 26 of Regulation (E…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book V: Out-of-court settlement of disputes

Article 1531

Conventional mediation and conciliation are subject to the principle of confidentiality under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in article 21-3 of the aforementioned Act of 8 Febr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1175-1

Within fifteen days of the date on which it has become final, at the request of the public prosecutor: 1° The decision pronouncing the full adoption is transcribed into the civil status registers of t…

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