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Showing 201210 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unjust enrichment

Article 1303

Apart from cases of business management and undue payment, a person who benefits from unjustified enrichment to the detriment of another owes, to the person who is impoverished thereby, compensation e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 138

…ch he has not been a party or to a document held by a third party, he may ask the judge hearing the case to order the issue of a copy or the production of the deed or document.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 139

…shall order the delivery or production of the deed or document, in original, copy or extract as the case may be, under the conditions and subject to the guarantees that he shall determine, if necessar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1396

…nial property regime except by the effect of a judgment at the request of one of the spouses in the case of separation as to property or other judicial protective measures or by the effect of a notari…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Readmission of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by France

Article R621-13

When long-term resident - EU status is maintained, the administrative authority informs the State mentioned in article R. 621-10, which consulted it, of its decision. The foreign national and, where a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Distribution of resources

Article 1379

…ditions determined by this chapter:1° Property tax on built-up properties, provided for in Articles 1380 and 1381 ;2° La taxe foncière sur les propriétés non bâties, prévue à l'article 1393 ;3° La tax…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 136

…lation of the measures protecting individual freedom prescribed by the articles 56, 57, 59, 96, 97, 138 and 139. In the cases referred to in the two preceding paragraphs and in all cases of infringeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-13

The closing of the local authority's accounts is constituted by the vote of the territorial council on the administrative account presented by the president of the territorial council after transmissi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Unsealing.

Article 1319

…parties called are present or represented and do not object to this being done. If this is not the case, an inventory shall be drawn up by the judicial officer, under the conditions provided for in S…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The role of the curator.

Article 1348

…ideration, of the real estate or movable property belonging to the State, it is carried out, in the case of real estate, in accordance with the rules provided for in articles 1271 to 1281 and, for mov…

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