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Showing 10711080 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-72

The appointment by the director of the centre, who is head of department within the meaning of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982, of a prevention assistant and, where applicable, a prevention a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-79

Disputes relating to the cheque-writing ban are referred to the civil courts.Legal action before the civil court has no suspensive effect. However, the court seised may, even in summary proceedings, o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-11

During the period of placement under mobile electronic surveillance, the sentence enforcement judge may ex officio, at the request of the public prosecutor or at the request of the convicted offender…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-7

In the event of a combination of convictions, at least one of which was handed down for acts committed in a state of legal recidivism, these provisions shall be applied only if the total prison senten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various partnerships formed for the joint practice of the profession

Article R814-71

…n of companies by way of merger or division, the articles R. 814-59 to R. 814-62, R. 814-69, R. 814-70, R. 814-117, R. 814-122-1 and R. 814-148 are applicable.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-75

…of use and on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5141-74, the information provided for in Article R. 5141-73 appears only on the outer packaging.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-7

The fulfilment of the resolutory condition extinguishes the obligation retroactively, without calling into question, where applicable, acts of conservation and administration.Retroactivity does not ta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article L741-7

When the protection litigation judge rules pursuant to article L. 733-13, personal recovery without judicial liquidation has the effects mentioned in article L. 741-2. However, in this case, the debts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Advances and loans

Article R2337-7

The Minister of the Economy and Finance may delegate his powers to prefects for the allocation of advances requested by communes and communal public establishments. The prefect's decisions are taken o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exposure limit values

Article R4451-7

In the event of pregnancy, exposure of the unborn child during the period between the declaration of pregnancy and the moment of delivery is kept as low as reasonably achievable and, in any event, the…

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