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Showing 39413950 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions relating to mortgages held by spouses and guardians

Article 2442

Judgments on the claims of a spouse, guardian or legal administrator in the cases provided for in the preceding articles shall be given in the forms regulated in the Code of Civil Procedure. If the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-15

…and the Agency Committee are also consulted on points 1 to 11 and 14 of Article L. 6431-6. In these cases, the Medical Commission and the Agency Committee deliberate in joint formation at the initiati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-64

In application of the third paragraph of article L. 1123-11, except in the case of imminent risk, the sponsor has a period of one week in which to submit its observations from receipt of the request t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-33

…the department managing the file of the decision, which shall immediately proceed, depending on the case, to delete the data, rectify it or record the new frequency of the obligation to appear in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R57-14

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article 723-7, the written agreement of the owner, or of the holder(s) of the lease for the premises where the receiver may be installed, is obtaine…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-11

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and in article L. 1262-2, the user undertaking or the employer shall be responsible for the material organisation of the employee's occupati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article R322-15

…nimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the court or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority.

Article R464-14

…is notified of the appeal, the Autorité de la concurrence shall transmit to the court registry the case file, which shall include the investigation minutes and reports, the objections, the observatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-42

…sident of the court of appeal or his delegate, within twenty-four hours of its notification. In all cases, the public prosecutor may lodge an appeal within the same time limit.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-31

In the case provided for in article R. 2223-13, when the mayor or his delegate goes to the cemetery to note the abandoned state of a plot, he may be accompanied by the police commissioner or, in the l…

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