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Showing 45714580 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-2

…ounts of national social security bodies, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: NEP-920. Certification of the accounts of national social security bodies Introduction 01. Pursuant to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-39

…psychological service, in accordance with the missions defined in the last paragraph of article R. 3221-6. However, hospitalisation of persons suffering from mental disorders is carried out in establ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-5

…provided for in this paragraph and notwithstanding the provisions of articles 550 et seq, witnesses may be summoned without delay and by any means. When they are summoned orally by a judicial police o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-3

The arrangements for employee involvement in the European Company shall cover information, consultation and, where appropriate, participation. They shall be determined by agreement between the managem…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Substitution

Article R623-33

The substitution entails the transfer of the mandate given by the consumers to the substituted association.The defaulting association shall hand over the documents as well as the funds held, where app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-3

The judge may issue a European order for payment for part of the claim, after the claimant has accepted the judge's proposal to that effect. In that case, the claimant can no longer take legal action…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Agreements

Article R5132-32

…r is given a period of not less than one month in which to make its observations known. The Prefect may then demand repayment of any sums wrongly received.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-32

The head of the medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area shall inform the Minister responsible for h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The regional and departmental chambers of commerce and industry of Ile-de-France

Article L711-3

…sion for industrial, commercial and service companies in their constituency. As such: 1° (repealed) 2° They may ensure, in accordance, where applicable, with the applicable sectoral plan, the project…

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