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Showing 76517660 of 49021 articles for Art. CA Paris 6-2-2023 n° 21/10189

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2394

When the spouses have stipulated participation in acquests, each has, unless otherwise agreed, the option of registering the legal mortgage as security for the participation claim. The registration ma…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules specific to the legal hypothec of spouses

Article 2396

Judgments made pursuant to the preceding article shall be rendered in the forms regulated by the Code of Civil Procedure. The legal mortgage of spouses is subject, for the renewal of registrations, to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-25-2

…ly of digital content and digital services to be developed in accordance with the consumer's specifications. With the exception of articles L. 224-25-10 and L. 224-25-11, they also apply to the supply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R5125-24-2

…ising or having practised another health profession is prohibited from holding a share in the share capital of a société de participation financière de profession libérale de pharmaciens d'officine.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-2

…e public prosecutor, after gathering the observations of the investigating judge(s) and, where applicable, the juvenile court judge(s), as well as those of the president(s) of the criminal division(s)…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2

A civil action for compensation for damage caused by a felony, misdemeanour or contravention belongs to all those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence. Waiver of the righ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-2

…rs themselves to be the victim of a functional impairment attributable to benfluorex or, where applicable, their legal representative in the case of a minor or their beneficiaries may refer the matter…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Aid schemes set up by administrative agreements

Article 711-2

…ating to the bilateral fund for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian works, signed in Paris on 12 July 2019.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-23

…f the information provided for in articles L. 1233-31 to L. 1233-33; 3° The consultation rules applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, as provided for in article L. 1233-58.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374

Ownership of a sum of money, either in euros or in another currency, may be assigned as security for one or more present or future claims.

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