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Showing 35313540 of 37858 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 30-4-2014 n° 13-13.641

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 456

The judgment may be drawn up on paper or electronically. It shall be signed by the President and by the Registrar. If the president is unable to attend, this is noted on the minutes, which are signed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 471

A defendant who does not appear may, on the initiative of the plaintiff or on a decision taken ex officio by the judge, be invited to appear again if the summons was not delivered in person. Subject t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The tutor

Article 408

The tutor takes care of the minor's person and represents him in all acts of civil life, except in cases in which the law or custom authorises the minor to act himself. He represents the minor in cour…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article R432-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 421-41, R. 422-7, R. 423-2 and R. 426-1, the residence permit may be withdrawn in the following cases: 1° The foreign national, holder of a temporary…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R524-4

A creditor who obtains a writ of execution recording the existence of his claim shall serve on the debtor a conversion deed containing, on pain of nullity : 1° A reference to the writ of attachment; 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Termination by agreement

Article R6152-432

The interview(s) provided for in article R. 6152-430 focus mainly on : 1° The reasons for the request and the principle of the contractual termination ; 2° Setting the date on which the contract will…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 463

The court that has omitted to rule on a head of claim may also supplement its judgment without prejudice to the res judicata as to the other heads of claim, subject to restoring, if necessary, the tru…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-4-1

…risation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal protection

Article 435

The person placed under court protection retains the exercise of his or her rights. However, he or she may not, on pain of nullity, perform any act for which a substitute decision-maker has been appoi…

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