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Showing 781790 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article R*160-4

If a third party becomes the holder of the opposed contract, the company must notify the opposing party within one month by registered letter or electronic registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-14

The collective operations agreement must define the method for determining the annual contributions. It must also contain details of how to determine the number of annuity units corresponding to the s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-18

The amount of the benefit is equal, for each beneficiary, to the product of the number of annuity units in his account multiplied by the service value of the annuity unit determined for the contract t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Import operations.

Article R442-10-4

The foreign exchange risk arises when the exchange rate of the foreign currency covered by the purchase contract is higher on the day the foreign currency is purchased than the rate on the basis of wh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-10-4

The invalidity or termination of the amicable agreement does not render ineffective the clauses whose purpose is to organise its consequences.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-4-1

The president of the departmental council or, where he is the authority holding traffic police powers, the mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may set, fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L3441-4-1

In the areas of competence of the overseas department, the president of the departmental council may, for the duration of his term of office, draw up a regional cooperation framework programme specify…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: General provisions

Article L4221-4-1

When the regions, their groupings and their public establishments make amicable property acquisitions in accordance with the rules of civil law, or when the acquisition takes place by auction, the not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Informing and involving residents.

Article L5211-49-1

The deliberative body of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may set up consultative committees on any matters of inter-municipal interest falling within its remit over all or part…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to statutory pension increases

Article A421-4-1

Auxiliary accounts are kept in a third section of the accounts of the guarantee fund for compulsory non-life insurance, entitled "Transactions resulting from the extinction of the financing of statuto…

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