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Showing 45514560 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 485

…civil convictions. The judgment is read out by the president or by one of the judges; this reading may be limited to the operative part. In the case provided for in the first paragraph of article 398…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Regularity of acts

Article 465

…protection, the act remains subject to the rescission or reduction actions provided for in Article 435 as if it had been performed by a person placed under legal protection, unless it has been expres…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Iterative defects

Article 494

…sions of Articles 550 et seq. However, in the event of an unsuspended custodial sentence, the court may order the case to be adjourned to a future hearing without the need for new summonses to be issu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 octies

…rior to the publication of the decree no. 61-856 of 31 July 1961, amending the decree no. 50-898 of 2 August 1950, the company will have opted, in accordance with the provisions previously in force of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2332-4

…of a restricted invitation to tender, four days before the deadline set for the receipt of tenders;2° In the case of a procedure with negotiation, six days before the deadline set for the receipt of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 468

If, without legitimate reason, the plaintiff does not appear, the defendant may request a judgment on the merits, which will be adversarial, unless the judge decides to adjourn the case to a later hea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 429

…re prohibited or subject to domestic consumption duties on entry into the territory of destination. 2. The Customs service of the territory of departure is authorised to collect, for the benefit of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-42

…llowing documents:1° One of the proofs of entitlement to compulsory employment listed inarticle L. 5212-13 of the Labour Code;2° A certificate of fitness or a certificate of monitoring issued by the o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Disciplinary proceedings

Article R321-49-4

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…any is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requir…

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