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Showing 101110 of 23886 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 28-10-1987 n° 84-10.296

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-84

On expiry of their term of office, employees shall return to their previous job, or to a similar job with equivalent remuneration, within two months of the date on which they notified their employer o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Termination of the breach

Article 849-9

The third party may be authorised by the judge to deduct an advance from the sum deposited if the complexity of the case so requires, on proof of the progress of his operations. In the event of a mani…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-84

In the event that the obligations of the measure are suspended for more than six months due to the detention of the person concerned in accordance with Article 706-25-20, the Anti-Terrorism Public Pro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-84

Decisions granting Therapeutic Use Exemptions are forwarded by the French Anti-Doping Agency to the World Anti-Doping Agency as well as to the International Federation concerned and, where applicable,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Group membership

Article 849-14

Joining the group takes the form of a request for compensation. It shall be made by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged, in accordance with the procedures and within the time limit determine…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-84

1° If the sentence has been declared provisionally enforceable, pursuant to Article 471, within five days of the decision at the latest; 2° In other cases, within a maximum of thirty days from the dat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-84

The monitoring of judicial supervision measures ordered is governed by this code. As soon as the judicial supervision order is recognised as enforceable in France, the liberty and custody judge shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-84

By way of derogation fromarticle L. 1331-2 of the French Labour Code, the total amount of variable remuneration may, in whole or in part, be reduced or give rise to restitution where the person concer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-84

Applications are drawn up in the forms defined by Article R. 123-3 and sent by the single body defined in Article R. 123-1 to the registry of the competent court.They are accompanied by the deeds and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

Substitution in the rights of the defaulting claimant shall be made by way of incidental application. Where the court grants a request for substitution of a defaulting claimant, it shall rule, upon re…

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