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Showing 50115020 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of the payer's payment service provider

Article L722-10

…aledonia, need only be accompanied by the payment account numbers of the payer and payee or, in the case of a transfer not made from or to a payment account, by a unique transaction identifier. II.How…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Management of radiological emergencies

Article R1333-89

…by the Nuclear Safety Authority or accredited under Article R. 4451-65 of the Labour Code. In this case, the service, organisation or laboratory records them and sends them to the Institute for Radio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article R461-9

…ttention of the General Rapporteur to the proper conduct of the proceedings, if he considers that a case raises an issue relating to respect for the rights of the parties.Respondent and referring part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-2

…the application of 29° of article L. 2321-2, a provision must be made by the mayor in the following cases:1° As soon as litigation is initiated against the municipality at first instance, a provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-13

…fined in II of article L. 2333-87, by the holder of the vehicle registration certificate or, in the cases provided for in VII of article L. 2333-87, the lessee or purchaser of the vehicle. The holder…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-40

…hor expressed on an individual basis or in a collective agreement, without prejudice, in the latter case, to the exercise of his moral rights by the journalist. These uses give rise to remuneration in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-8

…e centre chiefs and communal or inter-communal corps chiefs are appointed to their post and, in the case of officers, to their grade, by the mayor or the president of the deliberative body of the publ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Invalidity of deeds on formal grounds.

Article 114

…the grounds of a defect in form unless its nullity is expressly provided for by law, except in the case of failure to observe a substantial formality or a formality of public policy. Invalidity may o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 531

…the judgment pronouncing the safeguard, the judicial reorganisation or the judicial liquidation in cases where it entails assistance or divestment of the debtor.The time limit runs by virtue of a not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-2

Family habilitation may only be ordered by the judge in cases of necessity and when the interests of the person cannot be sufficiently provided for by applying the rules of the ordinary law of represe…

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