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Showing 801810 of 57098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2013 n° 11-20.313

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-11

The decision of the children's judge may be appealed by the parties and the family benefits delegate, within fifteen days of its notification or delivery of the notice. The appeal is lodged according…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The procedure for revoking a simple adoption

Article 1177-1

Within fifteen days of the date on which it becomes res judicata, at the request of the public prosecutor, the decision revoking the simple adoption is entered in the margin of the adopted person's bi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-11

The decision refusing return issued by a foreign court and the accompanying documents transmitted to the court already seised by the parties of an application relating to the exercise of parental auth…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 6: Appeals

Article 1180-18

Unless otherwise provided, the judge's decisions are subject to appeal. An appeal shall be lodged, heard and decided in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 1239 to 1247.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1179-1

For the application of Article 373-2-8 and article 373-2-13 of the Civil Code, third parties shall by simple request refer the matter to the public prosecutor, who may obtain any information he or she…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Common provisions

Article 1178-1

The adoption decision is enforceable provisionally only if it so orders.The time limit for an appeal in cassation suspends the enforcement of the adoption decision. An appeal in cassation lodged withi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-13

The lawyer for the minor or the minor's parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor o…

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

Article 1424-11

If neither party appears, the court declares the proceedings terminated. This renders the European order for payment null and void.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L23-111-1

I.-An inter-professional joint committee is set up at regional level to represent employees and employers in companies with fewer than eleven employees. II.It represents the employees and employers of…

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

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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