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Showing 111120 of 45873 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 3-11-2011 n° 10-21.760

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-3

The staff representatives on the Commission are appointed by the trade unions represented on the Agency and Working Conditions Committee from among its full or alternate members. The total number of s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article R712-11-3

The joint national commission set up pursuant to the article 2 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the administrative staff of the chambers…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to insurance and reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-11-3

Within two working days of receiving notification of a disposal or reduction in holding as referred to in Article R. 322-11-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall acknowledge re…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-10

If the person responsible for hearing the minor encounters any difficulties, he or she shall refer the matter to the judge without delay.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Domicile

Article 108-3

Adults under guardianship are domiciled with their guardian.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-3

If the civil party does not understand the French language, he or she is entitled, at his or her request, to the assistance of an interpreter and to the translation, into a language that he or she und…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1094-3

The children or descendants may, notwithstanding any stipulation to the contrary by the disposing party, require, as regards the property subject to the usufruct, that an inventory of the movable prop…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 1075-3

An action to supplement a share on the grounds of lesion cannot be brought against shared gifts and shared wills.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-3

The agreements referred to in the two preceding articles may take place even in the absence of new gifts by the disposant. They are not regarded as gifts between the presumptive heirs, but as a partit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-10

The projects must not have been submitted to and accepted by a television or on-demand audiovisual media services publisher prior to the submission of the application.In addition, until the decision o…

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