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Showing 37513760 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Execution studies

Article D2171-12

…nsure that the documents it has not drawn up comply with the provisions of the project and, in this case, it must give its approval.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 645

…dicating, must reconcile the interests of agriculture with the respect due to property; and, in all cases, the particular and local regulations on the course and use of the waters must be observed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 851

…for the establishment of one of the co-heirs or for the payment of his debts. It is also due in the case of a gift of fruits or income, unless the liberality was expressly made outside the inheritance…

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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 Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1584

…spensive or resolutory. It may also have as its object two or more alternative things. In all these cases, its effect is regulated by the general principles of conventions.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-5

…pursuant to agreements which must specify the operating procedures of the scheme, including in the cases of conversion provided for in articles R. 441-24 and R. 441-26.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

…extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certified by an auditor, and in the case of an international co-production.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to framework agreements with order forms and contracts with optional tranches

Article R2191-51

In the case of a framework agreement with order forms or a contract with optional tranches, either a single copy or a certificate of transferability of the contract, or a single copy or a certificate…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-13

In the case provided for in article R. 422-51-10, the liquidator shall proceed with the transfer of the shares that the struck-off company holds in the liberal practice company or companies, under the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-32

The agreement between the parties resulting from the conciliation proposal in the case provided for in Article L. 615-21 is made enforceable by decision of the President of the Tribunal de Grande Inst…

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