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Showing 40814090 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1453

Where the dispute is between more than two parties and they do not agree on the procedures for constituting the arbitral tribunal, the person responsible for organising the arbitration or, failing tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1462

The dispute shall be submitted to the arbitral tribunal either jointly by the parties or by the most diligent party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1416

The opposition shall be lodged within one month of service of the order. However, if service was not made personally, the opposition shall be admissible until the expiry of the period of one month fol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The arbitration agreement.

Article 1447

An arbitration agreement is independent of the contract to which it relates. It is not affected by the ineffectiveness of the latter. When void, the arbitration clause is deemed unwritten.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The arbitration award

Article 1480

The arbitral award shall be made by a majority vote. It shall be signed by all the arbitrators. If a minority of them refuse to sign it, the award shall so state and the award shall have the same effe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Control of budgetary acts (R).

Article R1612-8

…ferred to the regional audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals runs from receipt at the registry of all the documents required to be produc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

…d in the second paragraph, or if the evidence of the expenditure incurred is insufficient, the fund may, after giving formal notice to the organisation concerned to comply with its obligations, which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-14

…on of an existing monograph or the revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-14

…e to the payment of social security contributions, with the exception of those relating to the application of legislation on paid holidays and those provided for inarticle 6 of law no. 82-1 of 4 Janua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-144

…of the company manufacturing the medicinal product; 3° The batch number; 4° The route and, if applicable, the method of administration of the medicinal product; 5° The composition in terms of active…

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