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Showing 51615170 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 of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-1

The refusal of the sentenced person expressed after the information provided for in article D. 147-17 is recorded by the prison integration and probation service, which informs the sentence enforcemen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 823

…entitled to assist him before the judge. The parties are further advised that, pursuant to articles 824 and 826, the provisions of which are reproduced, the court may be seised for the purposes of hom…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-17-1

…the Agence de services et de paiement. It includes all the information specified in article R. 5134-17.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-4

…r publisher's initiative if, for two consecutive years beyond a period of four years after the publication of the work, the statements of accounts do not show any rights paid, or credited in compensat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 80

…eath record, in accordance with article 79, on the basis of the declarations and information communicated to him.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

…service provider, including unauthorised or fraudulent initiation of a payment transaction. In the cases referred to in the first subparagraph, the payment service provider managing the account shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Organisation of care.

Article L1411-11

Access to primary care and the ongoing care of patients are defined in accordance with the requirements of proximity, which is assessed in terms of distance and travel time, quality and safety. They a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-119

I.-The application for authorisation must be accompanied by a file containing :1° A description of the nuclear activity to be carried out and the reasons for this ;2° General information about the est…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-11

I. - No grant may be awarded if work has begun on the operation before the date on which the application is declared or deemed complete. Commencement of execution of the operation is constituted by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-11

…when adopting the budget for the financial year or amending decisions.The Metropolitan Council allocates programme authorisations and commitment authorisations by chapter and, where applicable, by ar…

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