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Showing 64716480 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-37

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 49-38, where a request for information from a competent department of one of the Member States of the European Union or of one of the non-Member States mentione…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of cancellation or termination of the partnership contract

Article L2235-3

Where a clause in the partnership contract sets out the terms and conditions for compensating the contractor in the event of cancellation or termination of the contract by the court, it is deemed to b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-47

The decision to award a grant is taken, depending on the case, after receiving the opinion of the Fiction Innovation Grant Committee or the Animation Innovation Grant Committee.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-3

In the event of force majeure, the President of the Chamber or the Conseiller de la mise en état may waive the application of the sanctions provided for in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 911.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-36

It is forbidden to carry loads above people, unless this is required for the smooth running of the work. In this case, an operating procedure is defined and applied.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Participation in guarantee companies (R)

Article R1511-36

The maximum proportion of capital that may be held by local and regional authorities in the credit institutions or finance companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Articles L. 2253-7, L. 3231-7 a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and remedies

Article L261-3

A financial penalty may be imposed by the Minister responsible for culture on the transferring producer in the event of failure to comply with the notification obligation set out in Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the company resulting from the cross-border transaction

Article L2374-3

The employees' representatives sitting on the administrative or supervisory body, or participating in the general meeting or in the section or branch meetings of the company resulting from the cross-b…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals who fought in the French army, the ranks of the French internal forces, an allied army or the Foreign Legion

Article L426-3

A foreign national who is serving or has served in the Foreign Legion, with at least three years' service in the French army, and who holds a certificate of good conduct, shall be issued with a ten-ye…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-37

Subject to the provisions of article…

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