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Showing 19311940 of 57027 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 5 January 2017 n° 15-12.605 · Cass. com. 3 December 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 18 April 2019 n° 18-10.883 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 December 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 February 2011 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2018 n° 17-17.438

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Advisory Committee

Article 622-12

The commission for production aid for works using animation techniques is made up of ten members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of two years.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-6

For the determination, at any time, of the French territory, account shall be taken of modifications resulting from acts of the French public authority taken in application of the Constitution and law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-17

The authorisation of enforcement issued by the criminal court under the preceding article entails, depending on the decision of the International Criminal Court, the transfer of the proceeds of fines…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-17

If the reasoned opinion of the investigating chamber postpones the extradition request and that opinion is final, extradition cannot be granted. The person claimed, if not detained for another reason,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4221-15-6

The provisions of articles R. 4221-15-1 to R. 4221-15-3 apply to the temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of performance.

Article 508

No execution may be carried out before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m., nor on public holidays or non-working days, except by permission of the judge in case of necessity.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-5

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are competent to build, acquire or lease the property necessary for the operation of the first response centres of the local fir…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

…to the limit of the first family name for each of them, joined in alphabetical order. Where article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or this article has been applied in respect of a chil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-5

A parent who assumes primary responsibility for a child of full age who is unable to support himself or herself may ask the other parent to make a contribution to the child's maintenance and education…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3-1

A mention is made in the margin of each partner's birth certificate of the declaration of civil solidarity pact, indicating the identity of the other partner. For foreign nationals born abroad, this i…

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