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Showing 15911600 of 35480 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-7-1995 n° 1533

French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER I: TRANSPORT OF GOODS.

Article L321-7

Companies or organisations holding approval under the provisions of article L. 321-7 in force prior to the publication of law no. 2002-3 of 3 January 2002 relating to the safety of transport infrastru…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-7

A profit-sharing agreement approved in application ofOrdinance no. 59-126 of 7 January 1959 designed to promote employee involvement in the company may continue to use the distribution criteria based…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-7

All persons have access to all information concerning their health held, in any capacity whatsoever, by healthcare professionals, healthcare establishments, healthcare centres, birthing centres, the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-79

I.-The management company is required to file the declarations stipulated in article L. 233-7 of the French Commercial Code, for all shares held by the undertakings for collective investment in real e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

I.-When a convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences has not been able to benefit from a measure of release on parole or conditional release under the conditions provided for in Articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Suspension and termination of the employment contract or training agreement

Article L4733-7

The young people concerned by this section are the workers mentioned in Article L. 4111-5 aged under eighteen.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 519

Where the guarantee consists of a sum of money, this is deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations; it may also be deposited, at the request of one of the parties, with a third party appoin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficial owner

Article R561-7

For the application of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall identify the beneficial owner of the business relationship in accordance with the procedures defined in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 521

The party ordered to pay sums other than maintenance, compensation or provisions may prevent provisional enforcement from being continued by depositing, with the judge's authorisation, cash or securit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Evocation.

Article 568

Where the Court of Appeal reverses or sets aside a judgment which has ordered an investigative measure, or which, ruling on a procedural objection, has terminated the proceedings, it may evoke the poi…

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