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Showing 22712280 of 35376 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-4-2009 n° 08-13.308

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Electronic identification of users of digital health services

Article L1470-4

The provision of electronic means of identification is subject to the prior registration of professionals in the sector reference directory of natural persons or in the sector reference directory of l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R631-4

The Governor of the Banque de France sends his proposals under 4°, 4° bis, 4° ter and 5° of Article L. 631-2-1 to the Chairman of the Financial Stability Board, who places them on the agenda for the n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R430-4

The press release provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 430-3 contains the following in particular:1° The names of the undertakings concerned and the groups to which they belong;2° The nat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Exceptional situations involving work performed in a hyperbaric environment

Article R4461-49

In the event of an unforeseen event requiring a one-off modification to the work organisation initially defined, the employer may ask the worker to deviate from the maximum pressures authorised by his…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…are adopted by the High Commissioner within three years of the date of publication of l'ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-4

…difference between the net rate of each of the local direct taxes mentioned in Article 1 of the loi n° 80-10 du 10 janvier 1980 portant aménagement de la fiscalité directe locale, applied in the said…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-4

The seizure, whether descriptive or real, provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 615-5 shall be ordered by the president of one of the judicial courts referred to in Article D. 631-2, with…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-4

In addition to the information mentioned in article L. 112-4 , the life insurance contract must indicate1° The surname, first names and date of birth of the insured(s) ;2° The event or date on which t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-48

To guarantee payment on maturity of either the amount of the promissory note referred to in article L. 313-42 or the interest attached to this note, the holder of this note may ask the lending institu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-43

The public prosecutor who registers the person in the file pursuant to 1° to 4° of article 706-25-4, or the examining magistrate pursuant to 5° of article 706-25-4, shall at the same time register the…

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