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Showing 19311940 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 Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The procedure for approving a partial agreement and adjudicating the residual dispute

Article 1561

…mined by the respective claims of the parties as set out in the application provided for in Article 1560. The parties may not amend their claims other than to update the amount of a claim relating to…

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In force

Article 1528

The parties to a dispute may, on their own initiative and under the conditions set out in this Book, attempt to resolve it amicably with the assistance of a mediator, a court conciliator or, in the co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 5: Other remedies

Article 1501

An arbitration award may be subject to third-party proceedings before the court that would have had jurisdiction in the absence of arbitration, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of Arti…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1579

If the application of the valuation rules set out in articles 1571 and 1574 above should lead to a result manifestly contrary to equity, the court may derogate from it at the request of one of the spo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1512

The marriage contract may set valuation bases and terms for payment of any balance. Taking these clauses into account and failing agreement between the parties, the value of the property will be set b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1575

…tion claim are added, in order to subject them to the same regulation, the sums of which the spouse may otherwise be a creditor to his or her spouse, for values provided during the marriage and other…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…researchers working in the establishment or assimilated staff pursuant to article 5 of decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 relating to the National Council of Universities for health disciplines and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-15

…tablished and legally practises the activities of a chiropodist in a Member State or a State party, may perform professional acts in France, on a temporary and occasional basis, without having to comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-11

The guarantee may be provided in full or in part in money, annuities, securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, or by a first mortgage on immovable property with a value double the sum gua…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1552

Any interested third party may, with the agreement of the parties and the technician, intervene in the operations carried out by the technician. The technician will inform the third party that he/she…

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