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Showing 30913100 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1209-1

…ion of parental authority, the appeal is lodged in accordance with the rules laid down in articles 931 to 934.The court clerk shall notify, by simple letter, the persons and department to whom the dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Issue of approval

Article R7232-12

…rader who : 1° Fails to fulfil the conditions or respect the obligations mentioned in articles R. 7232-4 to R. 7232-9; 2° Does not comply with the legal provisions relating to health and safety at wor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article L733-12

Before giving judgment, the judge may, at the request of a party, make a provisional order for the execution of one or more of the measures mentioned in Article L. 733-11. He may cause a call for cred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendments and cancellations

Article R7111-12

The Professional Journalists Identity Card Committee may cancel a card. Before doing so, the chairman of the commission summons the holder to appear before it by registered letter. The holder, who may…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-12

…ffers of goods or services compared and the number of sites or companies referenced are exhaustive; 3° Whether or not the referencing is paid for.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Assignment of contract

Article 1216-2

The assignee may set up against the assignee the defences inherent in the debt, such as nullity, the defence of non-performance, rescission or set-off of related debts. The assignee may not raise agai…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the commission's decision to impose a personal recovery plan without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-12-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the provisions of the first paragraph of Article R. 733-17-1 shall apply. The letter provided for in this paragraph shall also include the information provide…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208-1

The file may be consulted at the court registry, up until the day before the hearing, by the applicant, the parents, the guardian, the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted or their l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Multiannual risk management programme

Article R1443-12

…the plenary assembly of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy referred to in Article D. 1432-28, including :1° No more than three members from the college mentioned in 1° of the same article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Supervisory Board

Article D1442-12

For the application to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin of article D. 1432-15, 1° to 3° of I are worded as follows: 1° Three representatives of the State: a) The rector of the Guadeloupe…

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