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Showing 28612870 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

…e de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may require a company exploiting an immunological veterinary medicinal product to submit samples of each batch of the finished product and, if nec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-8

…isleading commercial practice may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the court hearing the case, either at the request of the public prosecutor or ex officio. The measure thus taken is enforc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals placed under a protection order

Article L425-8

In the event of the defendant's final conviction, a foreign national holding a residence permit under articles L. 425-6 and L. 425-7 who have lodged a complaint for acts of violence committed against…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-82

…than 15 euros, the account holder and the drawee being legally deemed to have entered into an irrevocable credit agreement at the time the form was issued. The obligation of the drawee resulting from…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-8

…ision, within the limits provided for in article L. 211-12, it shall mention the precise methods of calculation, both upwards and downwards, of price variations, in particular the amount of transport…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-8

…olio management company referred to in Article L. 440-7, of a member of a clearing house or, as the case may be, of the clearing house itself, nor any court-appointed agent appointed under Book VI of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-2

…ncial difficulties, in particular with regard to the size of their liabilities and their short-term cash flow situation; 2° A doubling of the amount of the bill relating to energy consumption compared…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-8

…g its renewal, the Lyon Metropolitan Council draws up its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The procedures for mana…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 861-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 68, the incidental request for the granting of an extension of payment pursuant to Article 1343-5 of the Civil Code may be made by application made, deli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

Substitution in the rights of the defaulting claimant shall be made by way of incidental application. Where the court grants a request for substitution of a defaulting claimant, it shall rule, upon re…

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