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Showing 391400 of 34202 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 6-12-2018 n° 18-70.011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-18

As soon as the reason for the stay of proceedings no longer exists, the criminal court will rule on the enforcement of the confiscation order. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authorit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-18

Notifications made by the commission secretariat to the debtor and creditors by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt are duly made to the address previously indicated by the addressee. In…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Assignment of the debtor's assets.

Article L642-18

Sales of real estate shall take place in accordance with articles L. 322-7, L. 322-8 to L. 322-11 and

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-18

I.-The Data Protection Committee will give its opinion on the conditions for the validity of the performance study, in particular with regard to : the protection of individuals, in particular the prot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central organisation

Article R515-18

The following are submitted to the Agency's Board of Directors for deliberation: 1° The strategic orientations of the establishment implementing the objectives entrusted to the agency by the State; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-18

I.-The Committee will issue a scientific, technical and ethical opinion within one month of the matter being referred to it. Committee members will assess the educational and scientific value of the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-18

If, at the end of the consultation provided for in article R. 2131-17, it appears to two of the doctors mentioned in 1° of article R. 2131-12 that there is a strong probability that the unborn child i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-18

The representative provided for in Article L. 1441-18 submits the organisation's list(s) for each industrial tribunal in the département for which he is appointed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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