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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 910

The respondent to a cross-appeal or to an appeal in cassation shall have a period of three months from the date on which he is notified of the application to intervene, failing which he shall be deeme…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibitions and exemptions

Article D8261-2

When the labour inspector or controller has reason to believe, based in particular on the conditions under which the work of all or some of the employees employed in a company is organised, that this…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Grounds for postponing the starting point or suspending the limitation period.

Article 2238

The limitation period is suspended from the day on which, after a dispute has arisen, the parties agree to have recourse to mediation or conciliation or, in the absence of a written agreement, from th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-78

The holder of an account who has been served with an injunction to stop issuing cheques shall recover this right as soon as he has regularised the situation in accordance with the conditions set out i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consignments and deposits.

Article R518-39

Voluntary deposits shall be returned to the depositor, his authorised representative or his successors in title at the time agreed in the deed of deposit or, if no time has been agreed, upon presentat…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-20

Nurses have a duty to use all the means at their disposal to ensure that everyone lives with dignity until death. In particular, they have a duty to help patients whose condition so requires to have a…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-6

The notification provided for in Article L. 214-24-22 shall be made as soon as possible and no later than ten business days from the date on which the AIF reaches or crosses, upwards or downwards, one…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-103

A veterinarian who has observed, or to whom has been reported, a serious or unexpected adverse reaction which may be attributed to the use of a veterinary medicinal product, whether or not he has pres…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 654

Service must be effected personally. Service on a legal person is effected personally when the document is delivered to its legal representative, to an authorised representative of the latter or to an…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Fines for companies landing foreign nationals without the required documents

Article L821-7

The road transport companies mentioned in article L. 821-6 are those operating international routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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