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Showing 12811290 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1180-13

The lawyer for the minor or the minor's parents may obtain copies of all or part of the documents in the case file. He may not communicate the copies thus obtained or their reproduction to the minor o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-137

…the date on which work is due to start on a given operation, as referred to in 4° of Article R. 4412-133, the employer shall send the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, using the DEMAT @ MIAN…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hazardous work.

Article R1334-13

Work carried out in a dwelling or building constructed before 1 January 1949 that causes dust emissions is presumed to be at risk within the meaning of article L. 1334-11 if the measures taken to prot…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-135

A General Meeting which decides or authorises a capital increase, either by setting all the terms and conditions itself, or by delegating its power or authority under the conditions provided for in Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-13

The publisher is obliged to render an account. The author may, in the absence of special terms provided for in the contract, require at least once a year the production by the publisher of a statement…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Sale and provision of services without prior order

Article L121-13

The provisions of article L. 121-12 do not preclude the charging of interest, commissions or fees in respect of overdraft facilities or bank overdrafts provided for in the account agreement instituted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-13

No clinical investigation may be carried out on a deceased person, in a state of brain death, without his or her consent expressed during his or her lifetime or through the testimony of his or her fam…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Monitoring the completion of the work

Article D2171-13

…re that the execution documents and the works in progress comply with the provisions of the studies carried out and are in accordance with the overall contract and, secondly, that the payment requests…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-13

Dental assistants may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where he obtained it. Where the evidence…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Information mentioned in the contract

Article R312-13

The table referred to in e of 6° of Article R. 312-10 indicates the amounts, periods and conditions of the instalments as well as the breakdown of each instalment between capital repayment, interest c…

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