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Showing 29512960 of 37517 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R8115-4

…ue. Proceedings for recovery shall be time-barred in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 274 of the Book of Tax Procedures. Articles 112 to 124, with the exception of the fourth paragraph of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to judicial measures

Article 430

The application to open the measure may be made to the judge by the person who needs to be protected or, as the case may be, by his or her spouse, the partner with whom he or she has entered into a ci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 486

The minutes of the judgment are dated and mention the names of the judges who handed down the judgment; the presence of the public prosecutor at the hearing must be noted on the minutes.After being si…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction.

Article 47

Where a member of the judiciary or a court officer is a party to a dispute which falls within the jurisdiction of a court in whose area of jurisdiction the member of the judiciary or court officer exe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to judicial measures

Article 428

…the rules of matrimonial property regimes, in particular those provided for in articles 217, 219, 1426 and 1429 or, by another less restrictive protective measure.The measure shall be proportionate a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article D592-4

…ng provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn their wordin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-4

…tive of the State in the department by virtue of 9° of Article 2 of Section III of the Decree of 22 December 1789, the police matters entrusted to the vigilance and authority of the mayor are those de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-46

…ers of compensation to be made by the Office. With regard to the damages referred to in articles L. 1142-24-1, L. 1142-24-9, L. 1221-14, L. 3111-9, L. 3122-1, L. 3131-4 and L. 3135-3, it does so on th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 430

The court shall be composed, on pain of nullity, in accordance with the rules relating to judicial organisation.Challenges relating to its regularity must be presented, on pain of inadmissibility, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-29

I.-The National Council immediately notifies each candidate or tenderer concerned of its decision to reject their application or tender. II.-Where the National Council has awarded its contract in acco…

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