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Showing 12711280 of 43388 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28-3-2019 n° 17-23.671 FS-PB

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement of the judgment and compensation for damages

Article 849-17

The power of attorney for the purposes of compensation given to the plaintiff in the action by virtue of the interested party's membership of the group shall constitute authority to carry out on behal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-17

A councillor to the Martinique Assembly who is unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation for that meeting to another member of the Assembly.A councillor to the Martinique Assembly may on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R775-17

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Provision to the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4 of the assets allocated to the public service for combating mental illnesses

Article R3221-17

The handover is recorded in a report drawn up jointly by the representatives of the local authority that owns the property and the representatives of the establishments mentioned in article L. 3221-4.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: General organisation of markets of national interest

Article R761-17

Each market has internal regulations drawn up by the manager and approved by the prefect responsible for policing the market. The internal regulations provide in particular: 1° The hours of sale for e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-17

Cover ceases if the contract is cancelled on its expiry date. It also ceases on the death or cessation of activity of the person covered or, in the case of a legal entity, on the dissolution of that e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to European Cooperative Societies not initially subject to the formation of the Special Negotiating Body

Article L2363-17

In the event of the transfer of the registered office of a European Cooperative Society governed by participation rules to another Member State of the European Community, employee participation rights…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-17

The authority in charge of asylum applications in the place of detention informs the prefect who decided to keep the person in detention of the meaning of the decision of the French Office for the Pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-17

Agreements by which intermediaries, in return for fees agreed in advance, arrange for victims of personal injury accidents or their beneficiaries to receive compensation from the guarantee fund are pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-10

The provisions of Article 17-8 apply, by way of interpretation, to changes of nationality resulting from annexations and cessions of territories resulting from treaties prior to 19 October 1945. Howev…

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