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Showing 53615370 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-1

The conditions under which the testing, placing on the market, manufacture, import, export, supply, distribution and use of veterinary medicinal products are authorised and the rules applicable to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compulsory non-life insurance.

Article L182-1

Contracts intended to satisfy an insurance obligation imposed by French law are governed by French law.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Life insurance and capitalisation.

Article L183-1

Where the commitment is made, within the meaning of article L. 310-5, on the territory of the French Republic, the law applicable to the contract is French law, to the exclusion of any other. However,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-1

Any author of a work protected by Book I of this Part, his successors in title or his assigns may bring an infringement action. To this end, such persons shall be entitled to have any bailiffs, where…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Divorce for fault

Article 245-1

At the request of the spouses, the judge may confine himself or herself to stating in the grounds of the judgment that there are facts constituting grounds for divorce, without having to set out the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-4

The procedure before the first president of the court of appeal and the national commission, which rule as civil courts, is laid down by a decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-2

The First President of the Court of Appeal, on receipt of a petition within six months of the decision to dismiss the case, acquit or acquit having become final, shall give a reasoned decision. The pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

Decisions taken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is atta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-16

When the victim has not informed the Regional Commission of the benefits received or to be received from third-party payers other than the social security funds, the third-party payers have a right of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-15

If the insurer remains silent or explicitly refuses to make an offer, or if the person responsible for the damage is not insured or the insurance cover provided for in article L. 1142-2 has been exhau…

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