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Showing 44014410 of 23114 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 21-11-2024 n° 21-12.661

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article R732-15

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 152-10n° 2010-1011 of 30 August 2010R. 152-11No. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019II. - For the application of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R734-14

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 152-10n° 2010-1011 of 30 August 2010R. 152-11No. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019II. - For the application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R4235-1

The provisions of this chapter constitute the code of ethics for pharmacists provided for in article L. 4235-1. The provisions of the Code of Ethics are binding on all pharmacists and private practice…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Informing the administrative authority

Article D1233-4

The notification of the redundancy project provided for in article L. 1233-46 is sent by electronic means to the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. In add…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reintegration into French nationality

Article 24-2

Persons who have lost French nationality due to marriage to a foreigner or the acquisition by individual measure of a foreign nationality may, subject to the provisions of article 21-27, be reinstated…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-19

Federal performance projects include structures managed separately or jointly, particularly on the basis of an agreement, by the delegated federation concerned, by an association affiliated to it, or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-44

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 322-99 and R. 322-158, mutual insurance companies must have a formation fund of at least :-400,000 euros for the operations referred to in Articles 10 to 15, 2…

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

Article R441-7-5

Undertakings reinsuring commitments under an agreement on a uniform proportional basis apply articles R. 441-7 to R. 441-7-3, R. 441-12 and R. 441-21. For the purposes of these articles, the following…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

The craft businesses referred to in the seventh paragraph of article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 7…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-20

If the judge finds at the hearing to open the personal recovery proceedings with judicial liquidation that the debtor is clearly in the situation defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 742-21,…

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