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Showing 14411450 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-10

If the sum insured is less than the actual value of the insured items, except in the case of agreed values, the insured remains his own insurer for the difference.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-10

Under no circumstances may a person made available by an intermediary association be employed to carry out particularly dangerous work that appears on a list drawn up by the administrative authority.

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

Article 916-10

The calculation rates are set at :- 520.90% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 198.89% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to Martinique

Article R591-10

When, in Martinique, the significant increase in the level of asylum applications recorded over a period of three months justifies this with regard to the particular characteristics and constraints of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Application of the provisions of European Union law to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L712-10

The Minister for Economic Affairs shall draw up a list of EU regulations on restrictive measures taken pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union which are a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office

Article L7125-10

At the end of his or her term of office, the President of the Assembly of French Guyana or any Vice-President delegated by him or her who, in order to carry out his or her term of office, has ceased h…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R734-10

…esIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 131-37n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-10

Shares are only negotiable after the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. In the event of a capital increase, the shares may be traded as from the completion of the increas…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R521-10

Where the foreign national is in the case provided for in c or d of 2° of Article L. 542-2, the Prefect may take a decision to refuse to issue the asylum application certificate.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-10

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the Regional Council may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and under the conditions d…

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