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Showing 28812890 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-4

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 1311-4 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1311-4 -In the event of an emergency, i.e. an epidemic or other imminent danger to p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3152-4

The collective agreement provides that the rights allocated to the time savings account are used, in whole or in part:1° To contribute to the financing of retirement benefits which are of a collective…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2351-4

The time limit for receipt of tenders is extended in the following cases: 1° When additional information, necessary for the preparation of the tender and requested in good time by the economic operato…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 420-1

By way of derogation from the preceding provisions, any person who claims to have been injured may bring a civil action, directly or through his lawyer, by registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 420-2

…restitution of seized objects or for damages presented in accordance with the provisions of article 420-1 has all the effects of an adversarial decision; it is served on the civil party by bailiff in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provision

Article L211-40

The provisions of Book VI of the Commercial Code, or those governing any equivalent judicial or amicable proceedings initiated on the basis of foreign law, shall not prevent the application of the pro…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-45

…the event of an extension of the initial seizure, the forced sale of all the seized assets is only carried out upon expiry of the last deadline for their amicable sale. However, those assets for whic…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-43

Any opposing creditor may extend the initial seizure to other assets. A writ of attachment shall be drawn up which includes a supplementary inventory under the conditions prescribed in articles…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-42

On pain of nullity, the notice of opposition shall contain an indication of the writ of execution by virtue of which it was filed, a separate statement of the sums claimed in principal, costs and accr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-48

Nullity of the first seizure does not invalidate the oppositions, except where it results from an irregularity in the seizure operations. This nullity has no consequences for the complementary seizure…

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