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Showing 74817490 of 56807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-1-2021 n° 19-25.036

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-1

The statement of projected income and expenditure is drawn up, on the one hand, taking into account the national tariffs for services provided for in l° of I of article L. 162-22-10 and in 1° of artic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 106

In the event that the two courts have declined jurisdiction, the later decision shall be considered null and void.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1807

He is liable for fortuitous event only when it was preceded by some fault on his part, without which the loss would not have occurred.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

1. Goods transported in bond or placed under a customs procedure suspending duties, taxes or prohibitions must be covered by an acquit-à-caution.2. The acquit-à-caution shall include, in addition to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

The body reception facility organises the conditions of use of the body for medical teaching and research purposes. These activities are part of the training or research programmes and projects determ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-32-1

The application for renewal that the holder of an authorisation submits, in accordance with the conditions laid down in article R. 6122-28, includes: 1° The applicant's undertaking to implement and ma…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article A322-101

For the application of this section, freediving is subject to the provisions of article A. 322-81 and I of article A. 322-78. By way of derogation from I of article A. 322-78, for freediving in the 0…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R641-11

With the exception of Article R. 621-20 and of the first sentence of the first paragraph of article R. 621-23, the provisions of articles R. 621-17 to R. 621-24 and R. 622-18 are applicable to the pro…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1082

The father and mother, other ascendants, collateral relatives of the spouses, and even strangers, may, by marriage contract, dispose of all or part of the property which they leave on the day of their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-12-1

Councillors to the Assembly of French Guiana benefit each year from an individual right to training calculated in euros, which may be accumulated over the entire term of office within the limit of a c…

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