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Showing 31713180 of 36276 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-9-2012 n° 11-23.209

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-9

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise insurance or reinsurance undertakings not to publish information in their solvency and financial condition report referred to in Arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-9

The institution may ask the administration in charge of the estates to dispose of movable property placed in the hands of justice that has been handed over to the agency pursuant to the articles 41-5…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-94

The resale of premises, flats or houses mentioned in article A. 444-92, made in the office of the notary who received the first deed of sale, and occurring within 3 years of the first sale (number 58…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-97

The resale of residential premises mentioned in article A. 444-95, carried out in the office of the notary who received the first deed of sale, and occurring within three years of the first sale (numb…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: Residence permits on humanitarian grounds

Article R425-9

A foreign national holding a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" issued under the conditions set out in article R. 425-5 who wishes to return to his or her country…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-11

When deciding how parental authority is to be exercised, the judge shall in particular take into consideration: 1° The practice previously followed by the parents or any agreements they may have previ…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fees for access to Nordic sites developed for non-motorised snow sports.

Article L422-9

The rules relating to the determination, by the deliberative assembly of a mixed syndicate with competence for the creation and management of a Nordic site dedicated to cross-country skiing and non-mo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Facilitating unauthorised entry, movement and residence

Article L823-9

Aiding the illegal movement or residence of a foreign national may not give rise to criminal proceedings under articles L. 823-1 or L. 823-2 when committed by :1° The foreign national's ascendants or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: General provisions

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-13

For cinematographic works commercially exhibited in cinemas between 22 June 2020 and 30 December 2020, by way of derogation from 4° of article 222-19, the maximum number of cinematographic establishme…

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