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Showing 6170 of 31508 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 19-5-1999 n° 97-18.057

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 976

The declaration shall be delivered to the court registry in as many copies as there are defendants, plus two. Delivery shall be recorded by mention of its date and the visa of the court registrar on e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 973

The parties are required, unless otherwise provided, to constitute a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation. This constitution entails election of domicile.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 974

An appeal in cassation shall be lodged by declaration at the registry of the Court of Cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Registry.

Article 970

The Registrar shall immediately notify the lawyers whose constitution is known to him or her of the registration number in the general register, the day and time set by the First President for the app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R4322-97

Administrative decisions taken by the Association of Chiropodists pursuant to this Code shall state the reasons on which they are based.Decisions of a regulatory nature, as well as decisions relating…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Negotiating committee

Article D7343-97

Each employees' organisation has two seats in the employees' college. It appoints its representatives from among the representatives mentioned in Article D. 7343-61. It may appoint an alternate from a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Tax rates

Article 1635 quater N

…cle L. 332-6-1 of the town planning code, in their wording prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014de finances rectificative pour 2014, are no longer applicable in thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-97

The centre has a social committee. It comprises : 1° The director of the establishment, represented, where applicable, by the director of social life and integration ; 2° The heads of the establishmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ninth paragraph of III, the last paragraph of IV and the tenth paragraph of V of article 11 of law n° 2014-58 du 27 January 2014 de modernisation de l'action publique territoriale et d'affirmation de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Rights of registered persons and access to information

Article A123-97

The personal data referred to in Article R. 123-222 shall be kept until the end of the fifth year following the death of the person concerned. After this period, the data is kept in the form of an int…

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