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Showing 10211030 of 56672 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-1-2018 n° 15-27.525

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Student aid.

Article D4151-18

The scale of assistance referred to in article L. 4151-8 granted in the form of study grants comprises, on the one hand, levels to which minimum income ceilings correspond and, on the other hand, a li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-2

The person lodging the appeal provided for in Article 187-1 may request that it be examined directly by the Investigating Chamber. In this case, a decision is taken at the latest on the fifth working…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

The institution's expenditure includes: 1° Staff costs not covered by the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 154-1

For the purposes of executing the letter rogatory, the judicial police officer may have the operations provided for in Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Article 55-1 shall app…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Other sanctions and measures

Article 1840 C

Notaries, bailiffs and other agents with power to draw up deeds and reports, court clerks and administrative authorities who have neglected to submit to registration or to the merged formality, within…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-18

If the house arrest decision provided for in article L. 731-1 is annulled, this measure is immediately terminated and the president of the administrative court or the magistrate appointed for this pur…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter X: Compensatory interest in the inward processing arrangements.

Article 181 bis

1. Compensatory interest charged in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Community regulations applicable to inward processing arrangements under the suspension system shall be assessed and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-5

The co-undividaires may appoint one or more managers, chosen or not from among them. The procedures for appointing and removing the manager may be determined by a unanimous decision of the undivided c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: People's savings plan

Article L221-18

The people's savings plan entitles the holder, in return for payments into an account opened with or under a life insurance contract taken out with bodies governed by the Insurance Code or the Mutual…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-181

Deeds and formalities relating to sales carried out as part of collective proceedings give rise to the collection of:1° The fees provided for in Article A. 444-180;2° With regard to notification to cr…

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