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Showing 371380 of 29386 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 16-6-1981 n° 1107

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-16

For each of the persons referred to in Article L. 311-1, the methods used to set the remuneration of executive directors, within the meaning of Articles L. 322-3-2 of this Code, L. 211-13 of the Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3323-16

The amount allocated to an employee under the profit-sharing agreement is recorded on a separate sheet from the pay slip.This sheet mentions :1° The total amount of the special profit-sharing reserve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16-2

…I of Article L. 5214-16 or the organisation of public passenger transport within the meaning of loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs, la communauté de communes pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-164

The account for legal administration, acceptance of the estate up to the net assets, co-ownership, testamentary execution, management of mandate, sequestration and others (number 171 in table 5) gives…

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

Article 722-16

The amount of the direct allocation is set at:1° 40% of dubbing costs for each foreign version, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

If it is implemented, the hosting of personal health data on paper mentioned in article L. 1111-8 is entrusted to a natural person or legal entity benefiting from approval granted by the Minister for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Provisions specific to insurance and reinsurance undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime

Article R322-167

The competence requirement referred to in VII of Article L. 322-2 shall be assessed in accordance with Article 258 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014, without prejud…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer information measures

Article R623-16

Information measures ordered pursuant to the provisions of article L. 623-7 include, in addition to any other information required by the judgment: 1° A reproduction of the operative part of the decis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to certain overseas collectivities

Article R3131-16

For the application of this chapter in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Articles R. 3131-4 to R. 3131-9 do not apply ; 2° II of article R. 3131-10 is replaced by the following provisions: "II.-The ORSAN p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Solvency assessment

Article L313-16

Credit is granted to the borrower only if the creditor has been able to verify that the obligations arising from the credit agreement are likely to be fulfilled in accordance with what is provided for…

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