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Showing 25212530 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for Social Dialogue.

Article R*2122-4

…ur, on his own initiative or at the request of at least half of the representatives of the employee and employer trade union organisations mentioned in 1° of Article R. * 2122-1. It will hear any nati…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21-1

…t des produits de santé shall immediately inform the applicant that the application is inadmissible and of the procedure to be followed.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-30

Each statutory auditor, whether practising as an individual or as part of a company, shall take out such a contract under the conditions set out in Article R. 822-36.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-9 (art. A322-10)

…e date on which the application is submitted is required for anyone holding a national water safety and rescue certificate.*I, the undersigned, doctor of medicine, hereby certify that I have examined…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-10

When the public prosecutor's delegate notifies a misdemeanour criminal order in application of the second paragraph of article 495-3, he may receive payment of the criminal fines pronounced using an e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-30

All training organisations must comply with all the general and specific clauses of the specifications in order to be approved. An accredited training organisation is deemed to meet the general clause…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 30

The action is the right, for the author of a claim, to be heard on the merits of that claim so that the judge can say it is well-founded or ill-founded. For the opponent, the action is the right to di…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 300

…ocument is alleged to be false as a principal claim, the summons shall state the grounds of falsity and summon the defendant to declare whether or not he intends to make use of the document alleged to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 301

If the defendant declares that he does not wish to use the writing alleged to be forged, the judge shall acknowledge this fact to the plaintiff.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 306

…the party relies to establish the forgery. One of the copies is immediately placed in the case file and the other, dated and stamped by the Registrar, is returned to the party with a view to denouncin…

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