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Showing 91100 of 36943 articles for Art. Cass. 2e civ. 4-12-2003 n° 02-10.387

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall examine and evaluate the strategies, processes and reporting procedures established by the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4

Investment service providers other than asset management companies shall not pay or receive any remuneration or commission or provide or receive any non-monetary benefit in connection with the provisi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

I. - Every water bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Liability insurance.

Article R*124-4

The ceiling applicable to cover triggered during the subsequent period referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of article L. 124-5 is the same for the entire period, without prejudice to the ot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Information for consumers of packaged natural mineral water

Article R1322-44-12

Claims relating to mineralisation, if they have been established on the basis of officially recognised physico-chemical analyses, may appear on the packaging and labels of a natural mineral water and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-12

The ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled, or their representatives, report once a year to the plenary session of the Conference on the action taken on its o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: Use of means of communication during proceedings

Article D47-12-4

Where a means of telecommunication is used in relation to pre-trial detention in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 706-71, the order made by the liberty and custody judg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-12

At the end of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5141-47-9 to R. 5141-47-11, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sani…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-4

Silence on the part of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall constitute refusal of authorisation on expiry of a p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-3

The educational actions undertaken as part of the education programme mentioned in 12° of I of article L. 232-5 are provided by educators approved by the agency, under the conditions it determines.

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