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Showing 18911900 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publicity and entry into force

Article L2131-5

…under Articles L. 2215-1 and L. 2215-5, nor to that of his hierarchical power over the acts of the mayor when the latter, pursuant to Articles L. 2122-27 et L. 2122-34, acts as an agent of the State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-11

…ons referred to in paragraph 7 of Article 33 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 are met, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall withdraw the ex…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-4

…3° of article R. 151-27 of the town planning code. For munic…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…f Article R. 112-4, Articles R. 162-2, R. 162-3 and R. 162-7 ;Article R. 121-1 as amended by Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020;Article R. 121-5 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1419 of 20 December…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-73

…e patent after partial revocation or invalidation as referred to in Articles L. 613-23-6 and L. 613-27 respectively shall be submitted in writing. Where the amendment to the patent complies with the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-13

…ontractors recruited under the conditions provided for in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016, for the purposes of designing, developing, maintaining and hosting the processing. II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-32

The public health establishment designated in application of article R. 6111-27 provides care in the prison environment and, where applicable, in hospital, to prisoners whose condition does not requir…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-23

…jects seized are unavailable, that they are placed in the custody of the third party, and that they may not be disposed of or moved, except in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-4

…not contested the mandataire judiciaire's proposal within the period provided for in Article L. 622-27. Decisions ruling on jurisdiction, on the existence of a serious dispute or on the contestation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 356

…m or reduction of the sentence. The classification of incest provided for in articles 222-22-3 and 227-27-2-1 of the Penal Code is the subject, where applicable, of a specific question.

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