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Showing 261270 of 28917 articles for Art. 1717 · Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 17 December 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 January 2006 · Cass. com. 26 January 1993 · Cass. com. 21 April 1992

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-30

…hen the borrower exercises the right of cancellation provided for in premier alinéa de l'article L. 113-12-2 du code des assurances or au third paragraph of article L. 221-10 of the Mutual Code. Any d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
4. Prisoners

Article R1112-30

Sick or injured prisoners who cannot be transferred to an appropriate or specialised prison establishment due to their state of health or, if they are on remand, who cannot be removed from the courts…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Tie-breaking

Article R1454-30

When a Conseiller Prud'homme is unable to sit at the conciliation hearing, he himself provides for his replacement by a Conseiller Prud'homme from the same assembly and belonging, as the case may be,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-26

…purposes of administrative investigations, nor for any purpose other than that defined in article 230-20.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 232-26

Aid may only be granted if the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account and the advances to which the beneficiary is entitled are insufficient. These sums and advances must be used in f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R6523-26

…ted on the proposal of the college made up of all the persons appointed under 3° of article R. 6523-26. In the event that no agreement can be reached on this appointment within a period of one month f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-26

…and, where applicable, the designations made in accordance with the second paragraph of article R. 5211-24.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-263

In all cases where they are called upon to give evidence in disciplinary matters, dental surgeons are, insofar as is compatible with respect for professional secrecy, required to reveal all facts of u…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-26

Committee meetings are convened by the Chairman, either on his own initiative or at the written request of at least half of the permanent employee representatives. In the latter case, the committee mu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-30

On pain of nullity of the transfer provided for in Article L. 526-27: 1° The transfer must relate to the entire business assets of the sole trader, which may not be split; 2° In the event of a contrib…

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