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Showing 18811890 of 45498 articles for Art. AN 23-2-2016 n° 78192

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The jury

Article 254

The jury is composed of citizens appointed in accordance with the provisions of the following articles.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2403

…prejudice of third parties who have acquired rights over the property on the part of the purchaser and who have published them.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2406

Registration fees are payable by the debtors.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2404

…rves its mortgage by the double registration made: 1° By the author of the police order issued pursuant to chapitre Ier du titre Ier du livre V ou de l'article L. 521-3-2 du code de la construction et…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

Other than those provided for by special laws, the claims to which a special legal mortgage is attached are as follows: 1° The claim for the sale price of an immovable is secured on it; 2° The claim o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2405

By way of derogation from Article 2404, the mortgage may also be preserved solely by registration of the debt recovery instrument, up to its value.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2407

…of the recovery order as provided for in 2° of the same article renders the first registration null and void. Mention is made of the cancellation resulting from this lapse in the margin of the entry,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 2534

For the purposes of their publication, distraint orders relating to lots depending on an immovable subject to the status of co-ownership are deemed not to relate to the share of the common parts inclu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Transmission of documents

Article D6323-21-2

…the regional joint inter-professional committees. The documents provided for in articles R. 6332-30 and R. 6332-31 are also sent to the Regional Prefect before 31 May of the calendar year in question.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prior information on the organisation of the ballot

Article R7343-2-1

…thority referred to in Article L. 7345-1 shall inform the employees concerned of the forthcoming organisation of the ballot, at least two months before it is held. To this end, it shall publish a noti…

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