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Showing 16211630 of 59246 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 June 2009 n° 08-10.350 · Cass. com. 22 October 1996 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 May 1991 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 July 1996 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 April 2003

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 91

…th declarations take the place of death certificates and are enforceable against third parties, who may only obtain their rectification or annulment, in accordance with articles 99 and 99-1 of this co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Summary orders.

Article 957

The first president may also, in the event of an appeal, suspend the enforcement of judgments improperly qualified as final, or exercise the powers conferred on him in respect of provisional enforceme…

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

Article R3123-9

…e exercise of elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set by articles L. 3123-10 to L. 3123-14 and by 2° of article L. 3321-1, may only take place if the body providing the tr…

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

Article R4135-9

…xercise of elected representatives' right to training, under the conditions set by articles L. 4135-10 to L. 4135-14 and by 2° of article L. 4321-1, may only take place if the body providing the train…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals against judgments on jurisdiction and the merits of the case

Article 91

…nd has ruled on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment given at last instance, the judgment may be appealed against solely on the question of jurisdiction. An appeal lodged against the provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-10

…ation for constraints suffered paid by the promoter. The total amount of compensation that a person may receive in any one year is limited to a maximum set by the Minister for Health. The payment of s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Calculation of tax

Article 980

…of property and real estate rights located outside France or on the value of the shares defined in 2° of article 965 representative of these same assets.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Gifts made by marriage contract to the spouses and to unborn children of the marriage.

Article 1086

A gift by marriage contract in favour of the spouses and the unborn children of their marriage may still be made, on condition of paying indiscriminately all the debts and charges of the donor's estat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 993

…te the testator's name, the handing over of the originals or the copy of the will made, as the case may be, to the consulate, to the minister responsible for national defence or to the minister respon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Erection, dismantling and lifting of frameworks.

Article R4534-100

The devices provided for in 1° and 2° of article R. 4534-99 are arranged in such a way as to prevent the effects of tipping or bouncing.

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