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Showing 19011910 of 48687 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2011 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 October 1984 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 21 March 2000 · Cass. com. 12 December 1972 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 July 2010 n° 09-12.055

French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1526

Supplementary rolls may be drawn up on the basis of facts existing on 1 January of the year of taxation.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-12

…sponsible for compensating victims when the accident caused by a vehicle referred to in article L. 421-11 occurs during a journey directly linking two territories where the Treaty establishing the Eur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-15

In the event of opposition to the payment of the price, the seller may, in any event, after the expiry of the ten-day period, appeal to the president of the court in summary proceedings in order to ob…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-21-3

…d for the individual right to training of local elected representatives referred to in Article L. 1621-4 immediately notifies the Minister responsible for local authorities of any information relating…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 156

The judge may travel outside his jurisdiction to carry out an investigative measure or to monitor its execution.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Civil rights

Article 15

A Frenchman may be brought before a court in France, for obligations contracted by him in a foreign country, even with a foreigner.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article L2145-11

…be given for any refusal of leave by the employer.In the event of a dispute, the employer's refusal may be challenged directly before the labour tribunal under conditions laid down by decree of the Co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Contracts for accommodation for the elderly and home help and assistance services

Article R224-15

The procedures for applying the rules relating to home help and support service contracts are laid down by the provisions of Chapter VII of Title IV of Book III of the Social Action and Family Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Decisions ordering investigative measures.

Article 151

When it cannot be appealed independently of the judgment on the merits, the decision may take the form of a simple mention in the file or in the hearing register.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1582

…e is an agreement by which one party undertakes to deliver a thing, and the other to pay for it. It may be made by deed or by private agreement.

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