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Showing 951960 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article D47-19

The magistrate hearing the case may refuse to issue or withdraw the access permit to the tutor or curator in the case provided for in Article 706-114, if that person is the victim of the offence or if…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-208

…d to it under the conditions set out in articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2 of the Labour Code. In the case of shares in limited liability companies issued by a company governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Behaviour in the event of an accident or incident

Article R4141-19

When changing workstations or techniques, workers exposed to new risks or assigned to one of the tasks defined in article R. 4141-15 receive safety training on what to do in the event of an accident o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Publication of the Treasury's lien

Article 1929 quater

…eduction made by the taxpayer in respect of the ceiling based on added value, pursuant to articles 1647 B sexies and 1679 quinquies.2. Publication is made at the request of the administration responsi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-19

The mayor of the commune in which the site is located, who is a member of the departmental commission whose decision or opinion is the subject of the appeal, is heard by the national commission at his…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

…horised to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to 26 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Deeds and formalities concerning judicial sureties

Article A444-199

Formalities carried out in relation to judicial sureties give rise to the collection of the following fees: NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (Table 6 of Article Appendix 4-7) NAME OF THE BENEFIT EMOLUMENT 43 Equ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Action on the working environment.

Article R4626-19

…supervisory authority, and is made available to the labour inspector and the labour inspector's medical officer.The company doctor is also informed of any referral to the medical council. He draws up…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-19

…1° of Article R. 712-17, they shall be resumed, at the request of one of the parties or, where applicable, at the initiative of the Institute, once registration of the trademark, geographical indicati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-19

…intermediary responds to any request from the borrower for an explanation of this document. In the case of a transaction giving rise to the provision of the information sheet referred to in article L…

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