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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…00-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…icles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Expenses of the industrial tribunal.

Article L1423-14

The premises required by the industrial tribunal are provided by the département in which it is established.However, where a commune has made premises available to the industrial tribunal, it may not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Actions for nullity of partition

Article 888

A co-sharer who has alienated his lot in whole or in part is no longer entitled to bring an action based on fraud, mistake or violence, if the alienation he has made is subsequent to the discovery of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 1355

Res judicata applies only to what is the subject of the judgment. The thing sought must be the same; the claim must be based on the same cause of action; the claim must be between the same parties, an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-30

In the absence of an agreement by the special negotiating body on the choice of the form of participation, the directors determine the form of participation applicable. The applicable system is always…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-33

Selective financial aid is allocated each year to support the overall activity of distribution companies when the appropriations allocated to direct allocations based on the conditions of distribution…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Priority question of constitutionality

Article R*532-60

Inadmissibility based on failure to present, in a separate, reasoned pleading, the plea referred to in Article R.* 532-59, may be asserted without application of Article R. 532-12 and the second parag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Legal proceedings.

Article L5212-16

Associations whose main object is to defend the interests of the beneficiaries of this chapter may bring a civil action based on non-compliance with the provisions of this chapter, where such non-comp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal proceedings.

Article L5214-4

Associations whose main object is to defend the interests of the beneficiaries of this chapter may bring a civil action based on non-compliance with the provisions of this chapter, where such non-comp…

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