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Showing 110 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the contract between the contracting parties.

Article 1983

The owner of a life annuity may only claim arrears by proving its existence, or that of the person on whose life it was constituted.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the principal.

Article 2002

Where the agent has been constituted by several persons for a common business, each of them is jointly and severally liable to the agent for all the effects of the mandate.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: The different ways in which the term of office ends.

Article 2006

The appointment of a new agent for the same matter shall be equivalent to the revocation of the first agent, with effect from the day on which it was notified to the latter.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-19

The committee referred to in I of Article 28-3 shall comprise: 1° The public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among the first advocates general or advocates gene…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-19

…the project and no later than the day of publication of the notice referred to in article appendix 30-18: 1° The documents referred to in article appendix 30-17 and, where applicable, the report of t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-3

A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

The collective agreement referred to inarticle L. 1237-19 is sent to the administrative authority for validation. The administrative authority validates the collective agreement once it has verified:…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-19

…following reservations: 1° No account shall be taken of provisions that mention the jury or jurors; 2° The powers conferred on the assize court shall be exercised by the departmental criminal court an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-19

…red during the period from the writing of the project to the start of production of the work, which may include location scouting costs and the production of a prototype, with the exception of operati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-19

Selective financial aid is awarded for the co-writing of an elaborate version of audiovisual fiction projects in the form of series, intended for international co-production, when it is the work of se…

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