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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23-1

I. - In companies with between eleven and less than fifty employees, where there is no trade union representative in the company or establishment, company or establishment agreements may be negotiated…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier.

Article R513-11

The docket referred to in Article L. 313-23, by which receivables held by a société de crédit foncier are assigned, must include the following information: 1° The name of the deed of assignment of rec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1180-14

At the request of any interested party or ex officio, the judge may order that the examination of the application give rise to a debate, in particular when articles 387, 387-3, 387-4 and 387-5 of the…

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

Article 231-26

The classification, labels and aid awarded in year n are renewed in year n + 1. When general measures taken by the public authorities to prohibit or restrict access to cinematographic establishments a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 232

The judge homologates the agreement and pronounces the divorce if he is convinced that the will of each of the spouses is real and that their consent is free and informed. He may refuse homologation a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Special privileges

Article 2332

Other than those provided for by special laws, preferential claims on certain movables are: 1° All sums due in execution of a lease or the occupation of a building, on the furniture furnishing the pre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1199-1

The institution or service responsible for implementing the measure will send the juvenile court judge who made the decision or who has been delegated jurisdiction a report on the minor's situation an…

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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 Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-12

An application for the protection order to be lifted or modified or for temporary dispensation from certain of its obligations, as well as an application for the order to be revoked or for new measure…

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