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Showing 471480 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 Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Administrative procedure

Article R3132-15

The procedure laid down in articles R. 3132-13 and R. 3132-14 is applicable to the application for authorisation to exceed the maximum daily working time of ten hours in the event of recourse to subst…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unjust enrichment

Article 1303

Apart from cases of business management and undue payment, a person who benefits from unjustified enrichment to the detriment of another owes, to the person who is impoverished thereby, compensation e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Assignment of receivables

Article 1323

…n the parties, the transfer of the claim, present or future, takes place on the date of the deed.It may be relied on as against third parties from that moment. In the event of a dispute, proof of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 1558

Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 2066 of the Civil Code , where the rules of procedure applicable before the court seised for the purpose of ruling on all or part of the dis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-151

Requests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1535

…ther Member State of the European Union under the conditions provided for in Article 6 of Directive 2008/52/EC of 21 May 2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on certain aspects of mediat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation and penalties.

Article L1226-15

…gard of the provisions relating to the reinstatement of the employee, as provided for inarticle L. 1226-8, the court hearing the case may propose that the employee be reinstated in the company, with h…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 139

…order the delivery or production of the deed or document, in original, copy or extract as the case may be, under the conditions and subject to the guarantees that he shall determine, if necessary und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VC

I. - The gross capital gain realised on the property or rights mentioned in articles 150 U , 150 UB and 150 UC is reduced by an allowance set at:- 6% for each year of ownership beyond the fifth;- 4% i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-15

The application made by the debtor pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 645-9 is filed by the debtor at the court registry. The assigned judge who refers the case to the court in accordance…

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