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Showing 271280 of 47213 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 May 1992 · Cass. com. 19 November 1975 n° 74-10.116 · CAA Nantes 26 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 February 1979 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 16 January 1985 · CA Paris 17 January 2008

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regional or establishment director

Article R5312-26

…Book IV of this Part.The Director of an establishment created on the basis of 7° of Article R. 5312-6 represents Pôle emploi in its relations with users, agents and third parties and in civil acts fal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194

The Public Prosecutor shall prepare the case for trial within forty-eight hours of receipt of the documents in matters of pre-trial detention and within ten days in all other matters; he shall submit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Necessary deposit.

Article 1953

…liable for the theft or damage of these effects, whether the theft was committed or the damage was caused by their servants, or by third parties coming and going in the hotel.This liability is unlimi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-26

…age is outside the limits set for the conclusion of contracts by the insurer's rates. In any other case, if, as a result of such an error, the premium paid is lower than that which should have been p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-26

The direct allocation must be repaid:1° In the event of non-compliance with the conditions of allocation or payment;2° When the gross receipts of exploitation accruing to the distribution company at t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 194

No one may claim the title of spouse and the civil effects of marriage unless he or she represents an act of celebration recorded in the civil status register; except in the cases provided for in Arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 196

…ppear, the judge who ordered the appearance or the judge appointed by the bench to which he belongs may go to that party after, if appropriate, summoning the opposing party.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-26

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with the European Standardised Information Sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7 and the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-261

…al form of the company and the entity by which or on behalf of which it is operated; >c) Where applicable, the date on which the company was incorporated. c) Where applicable, the date of publication…

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