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Showing 791800 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Participatory procedure

Article 1556

At the end of the conventional procedure and with the exception of applications for divorce or legal separation, which shall be decided in accordance with the provisions of Section II of Chapter V of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-25

In the absence or impediment of the chairman of the chamber, it shall be chaired by a magistrate appointed for this purpose by the chairman of the commission. It shall be composed of three members. It…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Letters rogatory

Article 151

The examining magistrate may request by letter rogatory any judge of his court, any examining magistrate or any officer of the judicial police, who shall in this case notify the public prosecutor, to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-25

The Public Prosecutor shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any appeal lodged and of the grounds raised, so that that authority may submit its observations, where appropriate by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1572

The final patrimony includes all property belonging to the spouse on the day the matrimonial property regime is dissolved, including, where applicable, that which he or she would have disposed of mort…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formation, amendment and duration of the contract

Article L224-25-7

Where a contract for the supply of digital content or digital services including a clause requiring compliance with a minimum performance period has been subscribed to by the consumer, the invoices dr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: The procedure for adjudicating a continuing dispute

Article 1560

Where the parties have reached only a partial agreement and unless they request its homologation in accordance with Article 1557, they may apply to the judge for a ruling on the residual dispute eithe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Assessment of built properties

Article 1503

I. - The representative of the administration and the communal direct tax commission draw up the list of reference premises referred to in article 1496, determine their weighted surface area and estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-25-1

In the event of withdrawal of the competence transferred to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation:1° The movable and immovable assets made available to the establishment benefiting fro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-1

Agreements dealing with contractual practices or professional customs between authors and producers, concluded between professional authors' organisations or collective management organisations mentio…

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