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Showing 42014210 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075

…t is subject to the formalities, conditions and rules prescribed for gifts inter vivos in the first case and for wills in the second.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1081

…or gifts made on that account. It may not be made for the benefit of unborn children, except in the cases set out in Chapter VI of this Title.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Actions available to the creditor

Article 1341-2

…tor in fraud of his rights declared unenforceable against him, provided that he establishes, in the case of an act for valuable consideration, that the third party contracting with him had knowledge o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1790

If, in the case of the preceding article, the thing perishes, albeit without any fault on the part of the workman, before the work has been received and without the master having been given notice to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Procedure in the event of the disappearance of procedural documents

Article 651

Where the statement of the court and jury can no longer be represented or where the case has been tried in absentia and there is no written record of it, the trial is restarted from the point at which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-39

The judge hearing the case may refuse the assistance of the authorities of the issuing State in the execution of the investigation decision on national territory only if it appears likely to reduce th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-10

Except in the cases provided for in Chapter III of this Title, the decision to admit a minor to psychiatric care or to lift this measure is requested, depending on the situation, by the persons exerci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-16

The Minister of the Interior may, in the cases provided for in 1 and 3 of article L. 3332-15, close these establishments for a period of between three months and one year. Where applicable, the period…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for script rewriting

Article 411-32

Screenplay rewriting grants are awarded in the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-18

…722-6. This aid is awarded on the basis of the nature, quality and cost of the service and, in the case of special promotional operations, their strategic and innovative nature.

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