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Showing 181190 of 37517 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Allocation of free shares to company employees

Article 1127

…3° Articles L. 322-13 and L. 322-22 of the Insurance Code relating to national insurance companies; 4° Loi n° 73-9 du 4 janvier 1973 relative à la mise en oeuvre de l'actionnariat du personnel à la So…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capacity

Article 1150

Acts performed by protected adults are governed by articles 435,465 and 494-9 without prejudice to articles 1148,1151 and 1352-4.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

When the investigating judge is considering investigating a person who has not already been heard as an assisted witness, the investigating judge shall make the person's first appearance in accordance…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1199

…urt order, for the purpose of organising one of the measures provided for in articles 375-2 and 375-4 of the civil code and to monitor their application.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1180

Claims made pursuant to

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1144-5

…e spouses subject to the application of the provisions of Article 123 of Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020 where one of the spouses is in receipt of legal aid.Failing specification in the agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…ing that he or she is aware of the provisions of the sixth paragraph of this article and of article 114-1. Where the copy has been requested by the lawyers, they may forward a copy to their client, pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to contracts concluded by electronic means

Article 1175

…parties and filed with a notary in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 229-1 to 229-4 or in the article 298.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-11

The same natural person or legal entity listed in 1° and 5° of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of liberal professions in the form of companies may only hold s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

…itself for the absorbed company for the distribution obligations provided for in II of Article L. 214-69 of the Monetary and Financial Code. In the event of a demerger, these obligations must be assum…

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