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Showing 15011510 of 64765 articles for Art. Arrêté of 2 April 2012

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter V: Attachment of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R525-2

A bailiff's writ shall be served on the debtor on the first working day following the writ of attachment provided for in Article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R411-2

The summons to vacate the premises cannot be served at an elected domicile.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R621-2

For the application of article…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-2

Statements of facts drawn up at the request of a spouse shall be excluded from the proceedings if there has been an infringement of the home or an unlawful invasion of privacy.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-29

Selective financial aid is awarded to authors and production companies for the rewriting of the screenplay of a feature-length cinematographic work, taking into account, in particular, the nature of t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-2

By way of derogation from I and II of article R. 214-32-29, corporate mutual funds may hold, without limitation, transferable securities issued by the company or by a company belonging to the same gro…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27-2

The holder of a critical care authorisation has on site :1° A computerised bed management tool that is updated daily and interconnected with the regional regulation tools and the tools for collecting…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

State financial aid is calculated by applying a unit amount to the quantity of equipment sold, determined in such a way that it does not exceed what is necessary to cover the net costs incurred in pla…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2242

The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2240

Acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the person against whom he was prescribing interrupts the prescription period.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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