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Showing 42714280 of 23134 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-12-2007 n° 06-21.998

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

Article 231-29

Where the second paragraph of Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R80-1

The provisions of article R. 77 are applicable for the establishment of bulletin n° 2.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article R161-1

…the décret n° 75-1339 du 31 décembre 1975 relatif aux mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-60

In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, shall inform the administrative authorities before making any redundancies for ec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local conciliation commission.

Article R6142-21

The procedure defined in articles R. 6142-19 and R. 6142-20 is applicable in the event of difficulties arising at the time of renewal of the agreement in the event of its termination by one of the con…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-9

…itorial authority adopts the resolution referred to in article LO 1112-3. The provisions of the loi n° 77-808 du 19 juillet 1977 relative à la publication et à la diffusion de certains sondages d'opin…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-44

If, at the time of a seizure, the debtor presents the creditor with the deed drawn up at the time of a previous seizure, the latter shall proceed by way of opposition as set out in Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article L775-40

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-47

Natural persons and legal entities whose activity consists of the manufacture of dishes for consumption on the premises may apply at the time of their registration to be registered as a business in th…

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