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Showing 38413850 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 696

…may be charged all or part of the costs of the proceedings are set by the provisions of Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 2020-1717 of 28 December 2020.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Jurisdiction in the event of war, mobilisation, a state of siege or a state of emergency

Article 699-1

…sation or warning measures under the conditions provided for by l'ordonnance n° 59-147 du 7 janvier 1959 portant organisation générale de la défense, les dispositions du code de justice militaire rela…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-65

Subject to the special case of premature babies, medical necessity or cases of force majeure established by the doctor in charge of the department, newborn babies leave the establishment at the same t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R3123-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 3123-7 of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate.

Article R4135-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3123-6 of the Labour Code, and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 4135-7of this code. In…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R7125-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 7125-7 of this c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-6

…employment contract of the employee concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 3123-6 of the French Labour Code and the legal weekly working time defined in article R. 7227-7 of this c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…inistration likely to hold information relevant to the investigation, including, subject to Article 60-1-2, those from a computer system or processing of nominative data, to hand over this information…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-63

The deed of sale is published in the real estate register in accordance with the rules for judicial sales, at the request of the purchaser or, in his absence, of the creditor pursuing the distribution…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: The auction judgement and the bill of sale

Article R322-60

The auction judgement is notified by the pursuing creditor to the debtor, to the registered creditors, to the successful bidder and to any person who has raised a dispute that is settled by the decisi…

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