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Showing 30813090 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90

If the investigating judge does not have jurisdiction under Article 52, it shall, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's case, make an order referring the civil party to such court as it sees fit.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Interventional activities under medical imaging in neuroradiology.

Article D6124-150-2

Agreements organising the emergency management of patients are concluded between the holders of the authorisation performing the interventional activity and the establishments authorised to practice e…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

…Code in respect of earned income and replacement income or that relating to the income mentioned in 4° of I of Article L. 136-7 of the aforementioned Code is, up to 6.8 points or, for the income menti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 982

…axpayers shall mention the gross value and the net taxable value of the assets mentioned in article 965 on the annual declaration provided for in article 170. They attach to this declaration schedules…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-2

…ode, who can prove that they have completed a traineeship meeting the conditions of articles R. 812-18-3 and R. 812-18-4, which may not be less than thirty months, in the office of a judicial represen…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Liquidation procedures other than safeguard and legal redress

Article A743-15

…the commercial court clerk in the context of a judicial liquidation procedure listed under number 143 of the table referred to in Article A. 743-8 gives rise to the collection of a principal fee, whi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of specialised committees for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-18

…al to the term of office of the governing bodies of the federations mentioned in article A. 212-175-15.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 942

Minors and adults under guardianship will not be reimbursed for failure to accept or publish donations; except for their recourse against their guardians, if necessary, and without reimbursement being…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 927

Nevertheless in all cases where the testator has expressly declared that he intends such a legacy to be discharged in preference to the others, this preference shall take place; and the legacy which i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 943

The magistrate in charge of investigating the case may: - order, even of his own motion, any investigative measure; - order, where appropriate, under penalty of a fine, the production of documents hel…

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