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Showing 17311740 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation.

Article R3122-5

…the offer of compensation determined in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 3122-5.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 568

…re valuable than the main thing, and when it has been used without the owner's knowledge, the owner may request that the thing joined be separated in order to be returned to him, even when this could…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 535

The provisions of articles 400 to 405,406 to 408, are applicable to proceedings before the police court. However, the penalties provided for by Article 404, paragraph 2, may only be ordered by the cri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…enforceable titles with a view to their recognition and enforcement abroad pursuant to:- Articles 45 to 58 and 61 of Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 Jul…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of performance.

Article 506

…ract therefrom and, if it is not provisionally enforceable, proof of its enforceability. This proof may take the form of a certificate drawn up by the lawyer.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 599

…ng before a court other than that which gave it, the court hearing the case in which it is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard it or stay it until the application for revision has…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of birth.

Article 55

…graph applies. Where a birth has not been declared within the legal time limit, the civil registrar may only record it in his registers by virtue of a judgment given by the court of the district in wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 587

…pal claim shall be brought before the court from which the contested judgment emanates.The decision may be handed down by the same magistrates.Where the third-party objection is directed against a jud…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality

Article A212-53

…e Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is set out in the relevant Order of 20 November 2006.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Remuneration of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the implementation of the agreement and the expert.

Article R611-52

…nefit of provisions to the agent for the execution of the agreement, pursuant to Article R. 611-47, may specify that they will be allocated at the end of each of the years of the execution of the agre…

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