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Showing 40014010 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-6

…alue of all securities issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans and securities not traded on a regulated market within the meaning of 11° of article L. 310-3 may no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Trial of offences committed in court

Article 677

…if the penalty incurred is more than six months' imprisonment, order the arrest of the perpetrator, and his immediate bringing before the public prosecutor. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-6

Articles 11 and 11 bis A of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants are applicable to reservists during the periods of employment or training for which they ha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 677

…or by death, of ownership or usufruct of movable or immovable property, as well as court decisions and deeds establishing or recording inter vivos the constitution of rights in rem in immovable prope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-67

Documents relating to an inter vivos gift (numbers 16 to 19 of table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the value in full ownership (including in the case of a usufruct res…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-4

…stoms supervision pursuant to Article 134 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 laying down the Union Customs Code, customs officers shall have…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-64

In the exercise of their powers, the public prosecutor and the courts responsible for enforcing sentences, as well as, if a case is referred to them, the prison integration and probation service, shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-6

…of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration (Code on relations between the public and the administration) are, unless otherwise provided for in this article, applicable to the proced…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-6

The consumer is only bound by his signature. By way of derogation from the first paragraph and the first paragraph of Article L. 221-25, if the consumer who moves into a site solicits a supplier and w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: The act of recognition.

Article 62-1

…sed by the mother, the father may inform the public prosecutor. The latter will search for the date and place of establishment of the child's birth certificate.

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