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Showing 79017910 of 56461 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 17-1-2006 n° 04-13.789

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 180

A marriage that has been contracted without the free consent of both spouses, or of one of them, may only be challenged by the spouses, or by the one of the two whose consent was not free, or by the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 130

Where a transfer is required under the conditions provided for in articles 128 and 129, the person must be brought before the investigating judge who issued the warrant within four days of notificatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 1000

Wills made in a foreign country may not be executed on property situated in France until they have been registered at the office of the testator's domicile, if he has retained one, otherwise at the of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bearer bonds and stipulations for third parties

Article 1204

An obligation may be incurred by promising the act of a third party. The promisor is released from any obligation if the third party performs the promised act. If he does not, he may be ordered to pay…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Professional elections.

Article 1007

If a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de Cassation has declared to the clerk's office that he is representing a party, the notification provided for in Article 1005 or to Article 1006 may be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-10

Under the conditions set out in II of article L. 3131-17, the State representative may, by means of a reasoned order, take any individual measure to combat the international spread of disease, in part…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Transfers of costs and resources between the region or department and the metropolitan authority

Article L5217-13

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Composition

Article L5911-1

The congress of departmental and regional elected representatives and mayors of Guadeloupe is composed of the members of the departmental council of Guadeloupe and the regional council of Guadeloupe a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Opinion on agreements for the transfer of personnel and property (R)

Article R1425-13

The matter may be referred to the departmental consultative commission, until the end of the period set out in article R. 1425-3, by the department, a commune, a public establishment for inter-communa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Occupational health

Article R1262-15

In the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1262-1 and in article L. 1262-2, the documents and information sent to the employer are also sent to the user undertaking or the principal.

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