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Showing 18211830 of 43696 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 26-3-2015 n° 14-11.206

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

As from the notification of the higher bid, the purchaser, if he has regained possession of the business, is automatically the receiver and may only perform acts of administration. However, he may app…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

Claims for compensation must be accompanied by a copy of the court decision or a certified copy of the deed of settlement for the final determination of the compensation.If the guarantee fund is unabl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R551-14

Organisations under agreement pursuant to article L. 550-2 provide domiciliation for asylum seekers who are referred to them by the French Office for Immigration and Integration. They may only refuse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-14

Where the tutor, curator or substitute decision-maker is notified pursuant to Article 706-112-1, he is informed, if these rights have not already been exercised: 1° that he or she may appoint a lawyer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-14

The training period is supplemented by training activities, the content, organisation and implementation procedures of which are determined by the regional council in accordance with the training regu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-14

I. - The resources of the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region are distributed among the communes of this region with more than 5,000 inhabitants whose value of the synthetic i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-14

Collective management organisations take the necessary measures to identify and locate rightholders. In particular, no later than three months after the expiry of the deadline set in I of Article L. 3…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R591-14

For the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the collectivity and references to the prefe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-14

The trainee is struck off the register of traineeships by decision of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce: 1° If he or she is the subject of a criminal conviction for acts con…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-14

In the case provided for in Article L. 612-5, second paragraph, the culture shall be deposited no later than the filing date of the patent application and the description shall specify: 1° The informa…

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