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Showing 3140 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13

French nationality may be claimed by declaration made in accordance with articles 26 et seq, persons who have enjoyed, in a constant manner, possession of the status of French national, during the ten…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-2

…is debt, subrogates the lender in the rights of the creditor with the latter's concurrence. In this case, the subrogation must be express and the receipt given by the creditor must indicate the source…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Unjust enrichment

Article 1303-2

…t arises from an act performed by the impoverished person with a view to personal gain.Compensation may be moderated by the judge if the impoverishment arises from a fault of the impoverished person.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-2

…estigating judge, who rules after hearing the public prosecutor's submissions. Judicial supervision may also be ordered by the liberty and custody judge, when the matter is referred to him.

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

Article 211-132

…ess than €7,000,000 for feature films or documentaries, or less than €10,000,000 for animated films;2° The budget devoted to the creation of the original music for the cinematographic work represents…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-13

…n of a feature film covered by 5° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Appointment

Article 131-2

…odd number of seats to be filled, the difference between the number of women and the number of men may not exceed one.When a committee is made up of several colleges sitting separately, these provisi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Actions available to the creditor

Article 1341-2

The creditor may also act in his own name to have acts performed by his debtor in fraud of his rights declared unenforceable against him, provided that he establishes, in the case of an act for valuab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135-2

…r gendarmerie services begin to detain the person. During this detention, the provisions of article 133-1 shall apply. Detention may not last more than twenty-four hours. The person shall be brought a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-2

French nationality may be claimed at the age of majority, by declaration made to the administrative authority pursuant to articles 26 to 26-5, persons who have been habitually resident on French terri…

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