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Showing 110 of 24570 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 June 1996 · Cass. com. 11 February 1992 · Cass. com. 28 June 1994

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1994

The mandatary is liable for the person he has substituted in the management: 1° when he has not received the power to substitute anyone; 2° when this power has been conferred on him without the design…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1992

The mandatary is liable not only for fraud, but also for the faults he commits in his management. Nevertheless, liability for faults is applied less rigorously to one whose mandate is gratuitous than…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1996

The agent shall owe interest on the sums which he has employed for his use from the date of such employment; and on those of which he is in arrears from the day on which he is put in default.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-11

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-11

…ffects of the situation at risk vary according to the facts and circumstances that characterise it. 11. Objective, reasonable and informed third party: a person who: -although external to the situatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-11

An action for nullity is extinguished when the cause of the nullity has ceased to exist on the day the court rules on the merits at first instance, unless the nullity is based on the unlawfulness of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-18

…the device is ordered or when the effects of the protection order are extended pursuant to articles 1136-13 or 1136-14.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 6: Appeals

Article 1180-18

Unless otherwise provided, the judge's decisions are subject to appeal. An appeal shall be lodged, heard and decided in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 1239 to 1247.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-18

The statements annexed to the budget documents pursuant to article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-18

The time limits set by articles R. 23-112-15 to R. 23-112-17 are calculated and extended in accordance with the provisions of articles 640, 641 and 642 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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