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Showing 94219430 of 56672 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-1-2018 n° 15-27.525

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1771

The farmer cannot obtain a remission where the loss of the fruit occurs after it has been separated from the land, unless the lease gives the owner a share of the harvest in kind, in which case the ow…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1252

When the assets of an adult placed under court protection are in danger of being jeopardised, the public prosecutor or the guardianship judge may take any protective measures and, in particular, reque…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1171

The court shall verify whether the legal conditions for adoption have been met within six months of either the filing of the application or its transmission in the case provided for in the second para…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Notifications

Article 1230

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the person in charge of protection or the legal administrator and to all those whose rights or obligations resulting…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

A multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "family member of a beneficiary of stateless status", identical to the card provided for in article L. 424-18, issued to a foreign national who has ob…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Methods of evaluating the figures.

Article R123-178

For the application of article L. 123-18 : 1° The acquisition cost is equal to the purchase price plus the ancillary costs necessary to put the asset into a usable condition; 2° The production cost is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-10

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this section and subject to the legislative provisions and rules of organisation and operation under private law which are specific to them, the provisions o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910-1

Donations granted directly or indirectly to religious associations within the meaning of articles 18 and 19 of the Law of 9 December 1905 on the separation of the Churches and the State, to congregati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-14

Where the law provides that the public prosecution may be extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, a person who has received a fixed fine notice following an offence established in the manner prov…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-1

This chapter applies to compulsory group contracts covering death, physical injury, maternity, incapacity for work or invalidity. It also applies to optional group contracts covering these same risks,…

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