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Showing 14811490 of 66561 articles for Art. 1228 · Cass. com. 1 February 1978 · Cass. com. 10 February 1958 · Cass. com. 3 October 1977 · Cass. ch. req. 7 May 1923 · Cass. 1re civ. 24 May 1966

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-24

…ater supplied by a public distribution service, analyses from the programme mentioned in article R. 1321-23 may replace those carried out in application of article R. 1321-15 when the following two co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-12

This section shall not apply: 1° In the event of the sale of the shareholding to a spouse, ascendant or descendant; 2° To companies that are the subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liq…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Local hospitals

Article R6111-24

…e organisation is eligible for inclusion on the list of local hospitals provided for in article L. 6111-3-1 if it meets all the conditions mentioned in II. A site belonging to a health facility that d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Banking Inclusion Observatory

Article R312-10

The members of the Observatory mentioned in 2° and 3° of article R. 312-9 are appointed for a renewable term of three years.If a seat falls vacant during the term of office due to the resignation of i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5151-10

…usted with a public service mission who develop and make available the online services mentioned in 3° of II of article L. 5151-6 are authorised to create the necessary personal data processing under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-105

I.-The extra-financial performance statement referred to in I of Article L. 225-102-1 and the consolidated non-financial performance statement mentioned in II of the same article present the business…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-1

…s not contributed to the shared gift, or who has received a lot less than his share of the reserve, may exercise the action in reduction, if there is not at the opening of the succession property not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-18

The adviser in charge of the report may ask the claimant's lawyer to provide him, within a time limit that he shall set, with any document that may be useful in the investigation of the case.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-15

If the defendant to the review has not constituted a lawyer, service is made on the party himself.The document of service indicates to the defendant that he must, if he intends to defend the applicati…

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