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Showing 33113320 of 61852 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 4 December 2013 · Cass. com. 15 November 2005 · Cass. com. 2 April 1974 · Cass. com. 13 May 1980

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-13

…g period: 1° Judicial representatives who have practised their profession for at least three years; 2° Lawyers, notaries, judicial auctioneers, bailiffs, commercial court clerks, chartered accountants…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…and groupings of municipalities with their own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-13

Pursuant to the third paragraph of article L. 113-12-2, the insurer may only cancel the insurance contract taken out as part of a credit agreement referred to in 1° of article L. 313-1 of the Consumer…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-13

The councillors individually take the following oath: "I swear to fulfil my duties with zeal and integrity and to maintain the secrecy of the deliberations". A record of the taking of the oath is draw…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-13

…s out intermediation activities in more than one of the categories mentioned in I of Article R. 519-4, he must demonstrate that he meets the highest capacity requirements laid down for those categorie…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Territorial Committee of Local Elected Officials

Article R6132-13

…composition and operating rules of the territorial committee of local elected representatives. The mayors of the municipalities in which the establishments belonging to the grouping have their headqu…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-13-3

The Director General may, after consulting the Athlete and Trainee Life Council sitting on a disciplinary panel, impose a disciplinary sanction on any athlete or trainee who has breached the instituti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-13

The undivided co-owners may agree that, on the death of one of them, each of the survivors may acquire the share of the deceased, or that the surviving spouse, or any other designated heir, may have i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other effects

Article L722-13

…that the claim is admissible, the thirty-day period referred to in second paragraph of Article L. 113-3 of the French Insurance Code, where applicable, is extended to one hundred and twenty days for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Disputes.

Article R123-139

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 123-143 to R. 123-149, any dispute between the person required to register and the registrar shall be referred to the judge responsible for supervising the reg…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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