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Showing 55215530 of 22356 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 2002 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Forced sale

Article R221-33

…The choice is made by the creditor, subject to the conditions set out inarticle 3 of the Order of 26 June 1816 establishing the judicial auctioneers and the territorial jurisdiction of the official…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-41

…tended to affect all or part of the equipment provided for in articles A. 322-21, A. 322-23, A. 322-26, A. 322-28, A. 322-30, A. 322-31, A. 322-35, A. 322-36, A. 322-39 and the second and third paragr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-1

…ticle L. 3111-4 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Act No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R211-27

The provisions of articles R. 211-23 to R. 211-26 do not apply to persons who bring into France vehicles that are normally based in the territory of a State, other than France, referred to in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Wages and working hours.

Article L6325-8

…e are more favourable collective bargaining or contractual provisions, an employee under the age of 26 who holds a professionalisation contract will receive remuneration calculated on the basis of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Non-profit associations and public interest foundations authorised to make certain loans

Article R775-8

…pplicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 518-57 to R. 518-60law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013R. 518-61law no. 2022-124 of 4 February 2022R. 518-62law no. 2012-471 of 11 April 2012

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses

Article R7125-27

…These expenses are covered under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article R. 7125-26. The reimbursement of these expenses may be combined with that provided for in article R. 7125-28…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order

Article D4232-1

…ed to practising pharmacists. For each of them, only the data listed in 1° to 4° of article D. 4221-26 may appear. The table may be consulted on the premises of the State departments responsible for h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

In an emergency resulting from an imminent risk of evidence being destroyed or serious harm to persons or property, the operations mentioned in Article 230-32 may be set up or prescribed by a judicial…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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