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Showing 16711680 of 56993 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-1-2024 n° 22-16.974

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Collection conditions

Article D2323-11

The collection of breast milk includes: 1° Informing the prospective donor in advance of the conditions required for donating milk; 2° Interviewing the prospective donor in advance with a doctor, midw…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-11

The insurer is liable for material damage caused to insured objects by any fortune of the sea or by an event of force majeure.The insurer is also liable for1° The contribution of the insured objects t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Debt consolidation

Article L314-11

When a credit transaction intended to consolidate previous loans includes one or more loans mentioned in article L. 313-1 whose relative share does not exceed a threshold set by decree by the Conseil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-11-1

I.-The number of secondary establishments referred to in 1° of Article L. 621-4-1 is three.The threshold referred to in the sixth paragraph of this same article corresponds to a net turnover of 20 mil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

The transfer of the performer's rights mentioned in this code is subject to the condition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the ph…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-11

I.-Statutory auditors are prohibited from accepting an engagement to certify the accounts of a public interest entity if, during the financial year preceding that for which the accounts are to be cert…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-11

Articles L. 422-7 to L. 422-10 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. For the application of article L. 422-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, French Pol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1233-11

Independently of the authorisation provided for in article R. 1233-2, health establishments wishing to carry out organ procurement as referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 1232-4-1, shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-11

When the inspection of labour legislation has been entrusted, in a section, to a labour inspector, the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment : 1° Designates o…

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