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Showing 121130 of 43859 articles for Art. Cass. com. 22-3-2016 n° 14-14.218

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Operating rules.

Article D214-32-14

Contributions in kind made at the formation of a fonds commun de placement are valued under the same conditions as subsequent contributions of securities and in accordance with the procedures set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisation to practise for holders of training qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec

Article D4221-14-3

When the training period is carried out in a structure or organisation approved for the training of students in the third cycle of pharmacy studies, candidates are assigned by decision of the Director…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-14-3

Trainees residing in Mayotte or La Réunion who attend a training course for which the State, La Réunion or the Department of Mayotte pays a fee in a territory other than that in which they are domicil…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Contractual limitation periods.

Article 2254

The duration of prescription may be shortened or extended by agreement of the parties. It may not, however, be reduced to less than one year or extended to more than ten years.The parties may also, by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of tax officials entrusted with certain criminal investigation duties

Article R15-33-29-14

Every two years, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Judicial Court, after having heard any comments from the examining magistrates and the presidents of the criminal divisions, draws up a proposed rat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2276

In the case of movable property, possession is equivalent to title. Nevertheless, a person who has lost something or from whom it has been stolen may claim it for three years from the day of the loss…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2242

The interruption resulting from the court application produces its effects until the proceedings are extinguished.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Acquisitive prescription in movable property.

Article 2277

If the present possessor of the stolen or lost thing has purchased it at a fair or market, or at a public sale, or from a merchant selling such things, the original owner may only have it returned by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2240

Acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the person against whom he was prescribing interrupts the prescription period.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2243

The interruption is null and void if the claimant withdraws his claim or allows the proceedings to lapse, or if his claim is definitively rejected.

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