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Showing 22512260 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 399

…general meeting of the court, at the end of the judicial year for the following judicial year, and may, if necessary, be modified during the year under the same conditions. If it is impossible to rea…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375

…nal, intellectual and social development are seriously compromised, educational assistance measures may be ordered by the court at the request of the father and mother jointly, or one of them, the per…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: For export.

Article 36

On export, the value to be declared is that of the goods at the point of exit, plus, where applicable, the cost of transport to the border, but excluding the amount of : a) Exit duties ; b) Internal t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of retention.

Article 378

…nce is detected, the means of transport and the contested goods that are not liable to confiscation may, as security for the penalties incurred, be withheld until security is provided or the amount of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 31

The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Termination of proceedings.

Article 385

Principally, the proceedings are extinguished by the effect of the lapse of time, the discontinuance of the proceedings or the lapse of the summons.In these cases, the finding that the proceedings are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Legal administration

Article 382

Legal administration is the responsibility of the parents. If parental authority is exercised jointly by both parents, each parent is the legal administrator. In other cases, legal administration belo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-3

…e that the application for funding complies with the conditions for access set out in article D. 4163-30-1 and that the training provider is certified under the conditions set out in article L. 6316-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-322-10

…ejudice to the provisions of the last paragraph of I of article 9 bis of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983, any disputes regarding the validity of the electoral operations shall be referred, with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-3-3

Article L. 441-9 is amended as follows:1° In the second paragraph, the words "within the meaning of 3 of I of l'article 289 du code général des impôts," are deleted;2° In the fourth paragraph , the wo…

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