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Showing 38613870 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 68

…fest or general cargo list. 2. This document must be signed by the master; it must mention the type and number of packages, their marks and numbers, the nature of the goods and the places of loading.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-6

Statistical information on outstanding guaranteed loans and risks underwritten, as referred to in Article 58 of Law 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 on the separation and regulation of banking activities, is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 691

Notifications intended for the public prosecutor and those that must be made to the public prosecutor's office shall be made, as the case may be, to the public prosecutor's office of the court before…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Form of notifications.

Article 680

…t also indicate that the author of an abusive or dilatory appeal may be ordered to pay a civil fine and compensation to the other party.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647

…is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applicant or by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation or by a special proxy. In the latter case, the power of attorney is attach…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Special rules for international notifications.

Article 684

…ance or any other beneficiary of immunity from jurisdiction shall be given to the public prosecutor and transmitted through the intermediary of the Minister of Justice for the purposes of service by d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 641

Any owner has the right to use and dispose of rainwater that falls on his land.If the use of this water or the direction given to it aggravates the natural flow easement established by article 640, co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

A member may cease his professional activity within the company, provided that he notifies the company by any means that can be proven to have been received. He shall comply with the time limit set by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 642

…depository, the public prosecutor may go to that depository to carry out any necessary examinations and verifications. The public prosecutor may not delegate the above powers to a judicial police offi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 657

When two investigating judges, belonging to the same court or to different courts, are simultaneously seised of the same offence, the public prosecutor may, in the interests of the proper administrati…

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