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Showing 27812790 of 45787 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-7-1968 n° 66-12.056

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-7

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 214-1 of the Environment Code, the use of water for human consumption, with the exception of natural mineral water, is subject to authorisation fro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-7

For the application of the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 24 February 1988, supplementary to the Conven…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Management operations.

Article A431-7

On 31 December each year, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance shall draw up an inventory of the Fonds National de Garantie des Calamités Agricoles and a balance sheet and profit and loss account in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional Certification Commission

Article R6113-7

In carrying out its duties as defined in articles L. 6113-4 to L. 6113-8, the Commission : 1° Contributes to the harmonisation of the terminology used by the ministries and certifying bodies for the t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-7

The report on the solvency and financial situation referred to in Article L. 355-5 is approved by the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board. It shall contain the following information, either in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-7

As soon as a debtor refers a matter to the private individual overindebtedness commission set up by French Polynesia or New Caledonia, it shall inform the Overseas Issuing Institute mentioned in Artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7

The management report, the inventory and the annual accounts drawn up by the managers are submitted to the shareholders' meeting for approval, within six months of the end of the said financial year.T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-7

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6145-12, unclaimed items are handed over, one year after the departure or death of their holder, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in the case of sums o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-43

The public prosecution is brought against the legal entity in the person of its legal representative at the time of the prosecution. The latter represents the legal entity in all acts of the proceedin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article L628-7

Without prejudice to Article L. 622-6, the debtor draws up a list of the claims of each affected party having participated in the conciliation that must be the subject of the declaration provided for…

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