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Showing 49214930 of 36323 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 May 2010

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Effects of curatorship and guardianship on the protection of the person

Article 459

…e an informed personal decision alone, the judge or the family council, if it has been constituted, may provide that he or she will benefit from the assistance of the person responsible for his or her…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3-1

…hands of his or her spouse, cohabitee or partner in a civil solidarity pact, the public prosecutor may allocate to the victim, for a renewable period of six months and if he or she expressly consents…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Sale before judgement and release of perishable goods and means of transport.

Article 389

…al court in whose jurisdiction the property is located or the examining magistrate hearing the case may, at the request of the customs authorities, authorise the seized items to be sold by auction or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insured

Article L175-14

…urer's request. The burden of proving the bad faith of the insured lies with the insurer. This rule may be waived by mutual agreement between the contracting parties. In the event of bad faith on the…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER III: EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

Article L423-1

…provides for the sailor to be expatriated: The duration of the stay outside mainland France, which may not exceed three consecutive years, unless both parties agree otherwise; Subsistence allowance;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-134

…subscriptions have not absorbed the entire capital increase: 1° The amount of the capital increase may be limited to the amount of subscriptions unless the General Meeting decides otherwise. In no ca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…ablishments concerned. In this case, the provisions of Chapter III shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a société européenne formed by transformation where there is a syste…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-3-1

…ate of knowledge of the death of the insured, mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 132-5, may not exceed the charges that would have been levied had the death not occurred. For life insuranc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-10

The Association's General Meeting adopts the rules of professional conduct to which the members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Association's salaried staff are bound, as we…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-2

The injunction referred to in Article L. 521-1 may be advertised in accordance with conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In this case, the trader is informed of the nature and terms o…

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