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Showing 921930 of 61564 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 October 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 February 1976 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 June 1982

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1240

The public prosecutor may lodge an appeal until the expiry of a period of fifteen days following delivery of the notice given to him of the deliberation made or the decision given.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-19

…following reservations: 1° No account shall be taken of provisions that mention the jury or jurors; 2° The powers conferred on the assize court shall be exercised by the departmental criminal court an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-19

…rk. If the work is carried out after the date on which the payment period began to run, this period may not exceed fifteen days.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-19

The plan may provide for a choice for creditors involving payment within shorter uniform periods but accompanied by a proportional reduction in the amount of the claim. The reduction of the claim is d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation for damage by the court and enforcement of the judgment

Article 849-19

In all acts relating to the court's reparation of damages and the forced execution of the judgment, the plaintiff in the action shall specify, in addition to the particulars provided by law, on pain o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L172-19

The insured must:1° Pay the premium and expenses at the place and times agreed;2° Take reasonable care of all matters relating to the vessel or the goods;3° Declare accurately, at the time of conclusi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-21

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the production of high-quality short films and, where appropriate, the rewriting of their screenplays.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-19

…the Agreement on the European Economic Area which have made the declaration provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4 or which have obtained the administrative authorisation provided for in 3° o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition and operation of the artistic committee

Article R2172-19

For projects located outside France, the artistic committee mentioned in article R. 2172-9 is made up of the following members: 1° The project owner or his representative, who chairs the committee; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-19

To implement the purpose defined in 4° of article R. 6351-14 and within the limits of the need to know, the automated processing mentioned in article R. 6351-13 may be linked to other automated proces…

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