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Showing 45414550 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

…organisations and the number of employees employed by these same companies are taken into account (30% and 70% respectively). Seats are allocated on the basis of proportional representation using the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 324

Judgments handed down in matters of filiation may be set up against persons who were not parties to them. The latter have the right to lodge third-party proceedings against them within the period ment…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 342

All offences and contraventions provided for by the customs laws may be prosecuted and proven by all legal means even if no seizure has been made within or outside the customs radius or if the goods d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-9

…medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, no filiation link may be established between the donor and the child resulting from the medically assisted procreation…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-10

…detention takes place under the conditions set out for detention and police custody in articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-5, L. 411-1 and L. 413-1 to L. 413-15 of the French juvenile criminal justice code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General rules.

Article L1311-3

…of Part V of the General Local Authorities Code, for the implementation of sanitary measures, they may adopt the same regulations, which will be made applicable to them in the manner provided for by…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to premises used for residential purposes

Article L142-3

…the date of a summons to pay served by a bailiff and which has remained without effect, the bailiff may, on presentation of proof of the writ of execution, enter a dwelling and, if necessary, have the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-38

The validity of an inter-company agreement is assessed in accordance with articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same articles are assessed at the level of all the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: More favourable balance sheet

Article R2211-3

In order to draw up the balance sheet provided for in article L. 2211-6, the purchaser shall take into account its capacity to carry out the project, the characteristics, cost and complexity of the pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Mediation procedure

Article R321-37

…receipt of the parties' observations, or the expiry of the time limit for producing them.This task may be renewed once, for the same period, at the mediator's request and with the agreement of the pa…

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