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Showing 19511960 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-12

The opening of safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings automatically terminates the agreement recorded or approved pursuant to Article L. 611-8. In this case, the creditors recov…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2029

The trust contract is terminated by the death of the natural person settlor, by the occurrence of the term or by the realisation of the aim pursued when this takes place before the term.When all of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Advertising

Article A743-12

I.-The services listed under numbers 116 to 136 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Service number the service (table 2 of article appendix 4-7…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Maximum period of absence.

Article R2123-10

To set the maximum time of absence to which, pursuant to article L. 2123-5, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service regulations or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Increase in deadlines.

Article 1023

The time limits set out in articles 978 and 989 sont augmentés de : 1° One month if the applicant lives in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, S…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre

Article R114-11

…are managed by a director assisted by one or more deputy directors, appointed under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 114-11 and decree no. 2015-633 of 5 June 2015 relating…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III : Transcription and entry of decisions in civil status registers

Article 1056

…ered in the civil status registers must state the forenames and surnames of the parties and, as the case may be, the place where the transcription is to be made or the places and dates of the records…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-20

…n if he opposes it. The provisions of this article and that of this sub-section do not apply in the cases referred to in III of article 720.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R7343-12

Prior to the challenge provided for in Article L. 7343-10, the elector or a representative designated by him shall submit an appeal to the Director General of the Autorité des relations sociales des p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1071

…a mediation measure and, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, appoint a family mediator to carry it out. The decision requiring the parties to meet with a family mediator pursuant to articles…

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