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Showing 281290 of 56775 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 22-1-1997 n° 80

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2531-22-1

I.- Ile-de-France Mobilités may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or Article L. 723-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22-1

The sentenced person may challenge the decision of the representative of the public prosecutor's office before the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal: 1° To automatically for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Reimbursement of expenses incurred in the exercise of a special mandate

Article R2123-22-1

Members of the town council entrusted with special mandates by their assembly may claim, on proof of the actual duration of the trip, firstly, payment of daily allowances intended to reimburse their a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-22-1

The third fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to the first ten thousand communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants or mentioned in I of article L. 2334-22-2, from among those eligible…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-1

The preimplantation diagnosis referred to in Article L. 2131-4 may only be carried out if the applicant, whether the couple or the unmarried woman, fulfils the conditions required for the implementati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-22-1

From the catchment area upstream of private distribution facilities, the person responsible for water production or distribution draws up, implements, evaluates and updates a water safety management p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-22

…6152-341. They are also subject to the provisions of articles R. 6152-358 to R. 6152-390, R. 6152-801 to R. 6152-813 and R. 6152-817 to R. 6152-824.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 2229

It is acquired when the last day of the term is completed.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2289

When the law subordinates the exercise of a right to the provision of security, it is said to be legal. Where the law confers on the judge the power to make the satisfaction of a claim subject to the…

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