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Showing 171180 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D774-22

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Trade union representatives

Article L2412-15

The fixed-term employment contract of a trade union representative may only be terminated before the end of its term, due to serious misconduct or unfitness certified by the occupational physician, or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Some specific time limits and starting points.

Article 2226

…after ten years from the date of consolidation of the initial or aggravated injury.However, in the case of injury caused by torture or acts of barbarism, or by violence or sexual assault committed ag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-23

…meeting is to be held or to the police prefect if the meeting is to take place on the airfields of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly.If the event takes place in more than one d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 2232

…eyond twenty years from the day on which the right arose. The first paragraph does not apply in the cases referred to in articles 2226, 2226-1, 2227, 2233 and 2236, in the first paragraph of article 2…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Determining the mode and timetable of the investigation.

Article 227

…al panel, the decision ordering the enquiry may simply state the time limit within which it must be carried out. In the event of another court being commissioned, the decision shall specify the time l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Termination of the guarantee

Article 2318

…of the dissolution of the debtor or creditor legal entity as a result of a merger, demerger or the cause provided for in the third paragraph of Article 1844-5, the guarantor remains liable for debts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Governance of investment firms

Article R775-22

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

…respect of the pledged claim are deducted from the secured claim when it is due.If this is not the case, the pledged creditor retains them as security in a specially allocated account opened for this…

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