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Showing 391400 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 Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-25

…formation, laid down by the provisions of article L. 313-7, the second paragraph of article L. 313-24 or the second paragraph of Article L. 313-64, may be deprived of the right to interest, in the pro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-25

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-25

The chairman and members of the commission are appointed by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health for a renewable period of five years. A number of alternates equal to the number…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R532-25

…and 6° of II of Article D. 532-20 or any of the assessment factors communicated to the Autorité des marchés financiers, it shall notify the Autorité des marchés financiers at least one month before th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-252

In addition to the action for compensation for the loss suffered personally, shareholders may, either individually or by grouping together under the conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Eta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1840

…e day on which either, as the case may be, of the formalities referred to in paragraph 3 of article 1839 has been completed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Personal checks by the judge.

Article 180

If he does not proceed immediately, the judge shall fix the place, day and time of the verification; if necessary, he shall appoint a member of the bench to carry it out.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-251

Directors and the Chief Executive Officer shall be liable individually or jointly and severally, as the case may be, to the company or to third parties, either for infringements of the legislative or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-25

On expiry of the time limit laid down in the preceding article, the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority shall decide on the application. He m…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 181

In the case of the preceding article, the application for nullity is no longer admissible after a period of five years from the marriage.

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