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Showing 731740 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1229

With the exception of cases where he orders an adversarial hearing pursuant to article 1213, the judge shall rule on requests sent to him or her after protection has been granted by the protected adul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disposals, acquisitions and transfers

Article R1333-155

Any acquisition of an ionising radiation source or a batch of radioactive sources in category A, B or C as defined in appendix 13-7 shall give rise to the establishment, by the purchaser, of an acknow…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D744-12

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Invalidity of acts for substantive irregularity.

Article 121

In cases where it is likely to be covered, nullity will not be pronounced if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resolution

Article 1224

Termination results either from the application of a resolutory clause or, in the event of sufficiently serious non-performance, from notification by the creditor to the debtor or from a court decisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compensation for ecological damage

Article 1249

…riate measures to this end, to the State. The assessment of the loss takes into account, where applicable, any reparation measures already taken, in particular in the context of the implementation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-15

…most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 4425-7, supplemented, for operations, by the operation number. The chapters entitled "Unforeseen expendit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control

Article R6333-15

The use of funds which do not comply with the rules defined by articles R. 6332-22, R. 6333-7, R. 6333-9, R. 6333-11, R. 6333-13 and R. 6333-14 give rise to a payment of an equal amount to the Treasur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-15

…on or in the general regulations; 3° The standard exploitation authorisation contracts and the applicable standard tariffs, including, where applicable, the applicable discounts and reductions ; 4° Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Household waste collection tax

Article 1522 bis

…d share is in addition to a fixed share determined in accordance with the terms set out in articles 1521, 1522 and 1636 B undecies.The incentive portion is determined by multiplying the quantity of wa…

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