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Showing 531540 of 47145 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 21 December 2007 n° 06-11.343 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 April 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 October 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 June 2000 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 November 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 November 2002

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Effects of the mortgage.

Article 247

1. If there are two or more mortgages on the same building or on the same share of ownership of the building, the rank is determined by the order of priority of the dates, times and minutes of registr…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Effects of the mortgage.

Article 249

If the mortgage title is to order, its negotiation by way of endorsement entails the transfer of the mortgage right.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution of the mortgage.

Article 241

Ships and other seagoing vessels, including maritime drones as defined in article L. 5000-2-2 of the French Transport Code, which have been registered are subject to mortgages, unless they have been r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Assessors

Article 248

There are two assessors. However, they may be joined by one or more additional assessors if the duration or importance of the session makes this necessary. The additional assessors sit at the hearings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-29

In the event of the death of the pharmacist who owns a company mentioned in article R. 5124-2, the manager after his death is the pharmacist who continues to run the company under the conditions set o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R212-29

The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may withdraw the licence if the licence holder fails to comply with any of the conditions to which the licence is subject.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-29

…to energy consumption that has not yet been invoiced; 3° Does not constitute a request for payment; 4° Is based on actual or estimated consumption or on self-reading indices transmitted by the consume…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 298

En outre, les règles contenues aux articles

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Worker monitoring and individual health monitoring

Article R4452-29

…tificial optical radiation, the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 inform the occupational physician without delay, who will inform the worker of the results co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-29

…r toxins are prescribed in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 5132-3 and R. 5132-4. A prescription may not be made for a treatment period exceeding twelve months. II - Pharmacists d…

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