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Showing 12911300 of 37142 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 1996 · Cass. com. 15 September 2009 · Cass. com. 16 January 1973 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 1962 · Cass. com. 12 November 2008 · Cass. com. 9 October 2019 n° 18-13.286

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1578

…aration agreement by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures provided for in the article 229-1 of the Civil Code, to issue the notarial acts provided for in articles 46 and 317 of the Civil C…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-19

…he rate of the contribution proportional to the box office receipts provided for in articles L. 213-9 to L. 213-11, dependent on the conditions of determination and payment of the contribution provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-16

…l of the Agency will issue an acknowledgement of receipt when the dossier referred to in Article R. 1232-15 is complete and will simultaneously send this dossier to the Minister for Research. If the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-18

The court shall give notice of the deadlines and remissions accepted by the creditors under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 626-5 and in Article L. 626-6. These deadl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation

Article L5842-16

I. - The articles L. 5212-15 to L. 5212-17 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 5212-15, after the words "or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-19

…the purpose of calculating the amount of this advance payment, the limits laid down in articles R. 2191-3 to R. 2191-10 are assessed by reference to the amount of the services entrusted to the subcont…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-19

The contract concluded by the State, its public establishments other than industrial and commercial establishments, local authorities or their public establishments with the project manager or any oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16

…rvisory body, as well as, where applicable, the specialised committee referred to in Article L. 823-19 acting under the responsibility of these bodies: 1° Their general work programme implemented as w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-16

The injunction letter specifies the means by which the right to regularise may be exercised.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D591-15

Articles D. 521-12, D. 531-1, D.551-16 to D. 551-20, D. 551-22, D. 553-1 to D. 553-28, D. 554-1, D. 561-12 to D 561-14 and D. 581-7 are not applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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