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Showing 571580 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French General Tax CodeIn force
1° ter: Rural regeneration zones. Rental housing acquired and improved with financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat (National Housing Agency)

Article 1383 E

…t-up properties must meet the reporting obligations mentioned in the last paragraph of I of article 1384 C.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-4

…gister is made in accordance with the second, third and fourth paragraphs of Article 1294. In other cases, the Public Prosecutor of the place where the marriage record or the annexed civil register is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-13

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 628-1, the notice of the opening judgment sent for insertion in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales and in a legal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…eason for detention by reference solely to the provisions of the articles 143-1 et 144. In criminal cases, decisions extending pre-trial detention beyond eight months or rejecting an application for r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

…consult them at the court registry. The communication invites the parties to produce a statement of case and all relevant documents in the required number of copies and within the time limit set by th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Payment of undue payments

Article 1302-2

…her may bring an action for restitution against the creditor. Nevertheless this right ceases in the case where the creditor, as a result of the payment, has destroyed his title or abandoned the securi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council

Article LO6222-13

…a copy to the representative of the State at least forty-eight hours before the meeting, except in cases of urgency. At the request of the representative of the State, any matter falling within the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council

Article LO6322-13

…a copy to the representative of the State at least forty-eight hours before the meeting, except in cases of urgency. At the request of the representative of the State, any matter falling within the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-13

The Chairman of the Commission or the Assessing Magistrate shall hear the case; he may conduct or cause to be conducted any hearings and investigations that may be useful. However, if it is clear from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-137

The division of a mortgage, in the case of the division of a building company or the sale of dwellings belonging to the same property complex (number 124 in table 5) gives rise to the levying of a fee…

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