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Showing 30313040 of 51351 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-3-2014 n° 13-11.651 F-D

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article R712-13

Except in the case provided for in article R. 711-2, the competent commission is that of the debtor's place of residence.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-132

In the case of partial contributions of assets, articles L. 214-113, R. 214-130 and R. 214-131 apply.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementing provisions

Article R4311-13

In cases other than those mentioned in article R. 4311-12, a decree may make standards mandatory.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-13

I.-The decision to withdraw administrative authorisation is published in the Official Journal of the French Republic and in the Official Journal of the European Union.This publication is carried out b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

After deliberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Proceedings against the trader

Article R1110-13

In the event of non-conciliation, the President of the Council of the Association on whose roll the health professional is registered will forward a reasoned opinion on the complaint to the Disciplina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-13

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 2272-14 and R. 2272-15, the employees' and employers' representatives on each sub-committee are appointed by the Minister for Labour on the recommendation of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-13

For the application of article R. 1336-4 in Mayotte, the references to articles L. 4111-1 and L. 4111-3 of the Labour Code are replaced by the reference to article L. 233-1 of the Mayotte Labour Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-2

Mediation concerns all or part of the dispute. Under no circumstances does it relieve the judge, who may at any time take any other measures he deems necessary.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts involving instalments

Article R2191-13

In the case of a contract with an optional tranche, an advance shall be paid to the contractor for each tranche completed in accordance with the conditions set out in sub-section 1.

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