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Showing 48914900 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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Trading in financial instruments

Article L762-7

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 433-1, with the exception of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of its II Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Notification, publication and filing

Article D2231-7

The filing of agreements and arrangements must be accompanied by the following documents: 1° In all cases, a) The signed version of the parties; b) A copy of the letter, electronic mail or dated recei…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passeng…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-3

I.-In order to verify compliance with the conditions mentioned in Article R. 2141-1-1, the Agence de la biomédecine shall compile a technical file specifying : 1° The characterisation or nature of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Verification and recovery of costs.

Article 704

The parties may, in the event of difficulties, request, without form, from the registrar of the court having jurisdiction pursuant to Article 52, to verify the amount of costs mentioned in Article 695…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Institution of proceedings by application

Article 757

In addition to the information prescribed by articles 54 and 57, the application must contain, on pain of nullity, a summary statement of the grounds for the application. The documents that the claima…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Judicial restraint

Article 760

When the judicial restraint has ended for any reason, it may no longer be exercised either for the same debt or for convictions prior to its execution, unless these convictions entail by their quantum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes

Article R2122-78

…votes in public. To this end, they activate two of the three counting keys mentioned in article R. 2122-69. A secure printout of the vote count is made for inclusion in the minutes. The results are pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Counting of remote electronic votes

Article R2122-79

If the voter has used both voting methods, only the electronic vote is retained.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-79

In urgent cases, the Paris enforcement judge may rule without the opinion of the competent enforcement judge pursuant to article 712-10.

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