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Showing 33913400 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-18

…ort their change of address within fifteen days at the latest, in accordance with 2° of l'article 706-53-5.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-20

When the person is in a public or private establishment in which he or she is placed, detained or held pursuant to a judicial or administrative decision, proof of address may consist of a certificate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-8

…the President's instructions. With the exception of the contribution mentioned in II of Article L. 821-5 and the contributions mentioned in I and II of Article L. 821-6-1, the recovery of which comes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions specific to the modality: "external radiotherapy, brachytherapy".

Article D6124-133-8

Any referral of a patient to another radiotherapy authorisation holder for cancer treatment by proton therapy is recorded in writing to ensure traceability.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R).

Article R5211-13-6

The price of real estate acquisitions made out of court in accordance with the rules of civil law or after exercising the right of pre-emption on behalf of public establishments for inter-municipal co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 644

…me limits for appearance, appeal, third-party opposition in the hypothesis provided for in Article 586 alinéa 3, and for appeals for review are increased by one month for persons who do not reside in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The form of bailiff's documents.

Article 648

…aimant is a legal person: its form, name, registered office and the body that legally represents it.3. The full name, address and signature of the judicial officer;4. If the document is to be served,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

…thered in the course of statistical surveys carried out within the framework of Act no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 may under no circumstances be used for tax control or economic repression purposes. Author…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, mining engineers and industrial and mining engineers ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-8-1

…heir identification data enabling access to the dematerialised service mentioned in I of article L. 6323-8 ; 2° Enter into contracts relating to the actions mentioned in article L. 6323-6, with the ex…

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