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Showing 34513460 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article L423-17

…period of three years following authorisation to reside in France for the purposes of family reunification, be withdrawn or refused renewal.Where the breakdown in cohabitation occurred prior to the ap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1182

…t mentions the subject-matter of the obligation and the defect affecting the contract. Confirmation can only take place after the contract has been concluded. Voluntary performance of the contract, wi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1132

…of legal separation by mutual consent, and where a minor applies to be heard by the judge, the application for conversion to divorce by mutual consent based on article 230 of the Civil Code shall cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-17

The application for employability assistance, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, includes : 1° Information relating to the identity of the beneficiary and their employ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 114

…hall determine, where appropriate, according to the size of the assets, the sums that should be allocated annually to the maintenance of the family or to the expenses of the marriage. He shall determi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Other proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the family affairs judge

Article 1140

…accordance with the provisions of article L. 212-5-1 of the Code of Judicial Organisation . In this case, articles 828 and 829 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply.In matters relating to an appl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection V: Divorce on conversion of legal separation

Article 1133

In the case provided for in the preceding article, the judge may not hear the spouses and simply examine the agreement with their lawyer. If there are no difficulties, he shall homologate the agreemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…Health Agency may, on his own initiative or at the request of the Prefect, have additional analyses carried out at the expense of the person responsible for the production or distribution of water in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-17

…out in article L. 221-16, the use of a masked number is prohibited. The number displayed before the call is established pursuant to the first paragraph is assigned to the trader on whose behalf the ca…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

Civil actions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought…

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