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Showing 18211830 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: The confession

Article 1383-1

A purely verbal extrajudicial confession is received only in cases where the law allows proof by any means.Its probative value is left to the judge's discretion.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Debt forgiveness

Article 1350-1

A remission of debt granted to one of the joint and several debtors discharges the others to the extent of its share.A remission of debt made by only one of the joint and several creditors discharges…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Leasing companies

Article L571-13

…ithout complying with the provisions of Title I of this Book or the regulations made for their application.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L2522-13

Decrees in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-13

Employees of intermediary associations are entitled to continuing vocational training: 1° Either on the employer's initiative, as part of the association's training plan or work-linked training scheme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L6362-13

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Extraction networks

Article R1233-13

…authorised to remove organs define, by means of an agreement with the establishments authorised to carry out these removals, the terms and conditions of their participation in a removal network. Thes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-13

Authorised and sworn agents exercise their prerogatives within the territorial limits of their department or establishment of assignment and, for agents belonging to central administration departments…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Business secrecy.

Article R463-13

For the purposes of Article L. 463-4, when a person requests protection of business confidentiality with regard to items communicated by him to the Autorité de la concurrence or seized from him by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-13

I. - The manager of any personalised support voucher organisation is liable to a 4th class fine:- for failing to send, at the intervals specified in article R. 1611-6, to each distributing authority o…

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