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Showing 29112920 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Ordinary procedure

Article R121-11

…eproduction of the provisions of articles…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for accepted divorces

Article 1123-1

…eptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it may also result from a document signed privately by the parties and countersigned by lawyers in the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R822-117

…the company fails to regularise its situation, the Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes may invite the partners, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to pronounce the earl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article R4422-11

…on from at least half of the meetings is recorded by the council's bureau over a period of one year may, on the bureau's proposal, be declared to have resigned automatically by the Prefect of Corsica.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article R6146-11

…llege of nursing assistants. Each of the three colleges is represented by a number of members which may not be less than 10% of the total number of elected members of the commission. II. - The followi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior interview.

Article L1233-11

…letter against receipt. The letter shall state the purpose of the meeting.The preliminary interview may not take place less than five working days after presentation of the registered letter or hand-d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering due to the nature of the purchaser

Article R2122-11

A contracting entity may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering:1° For the purposes of research, experimentation, study or development, without the objective of profitabil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2242-11

The agreement concluded at the end of the negotiations referred to in Article L. 2242-10 specifies :1° The topics for negotiation and their frequency, so that at least every four years the topics ment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-11

…gher administrator and after having obtained the agreement of the New Caledonian body of the ordre, may designate the representative of the latter territory to ensure the representation within the Con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-11

…ade after submission of the final additional cost. In exceptional circumstances, an initial payment may be made on a provisional basis at the substantiated request of the delegated production company…

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