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Showing 28512860 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizures and assignments.

Article L3252-11

The parties may be represented by : 1° A lawyer ; 2° A ministerial officer of the jurisdiction, who is exempt from producing a power of attorney; 3° An agent of their choice with power of attorney. If…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article R421-11

A person included on the list may request to be removed from it at any time. Any person falling under one of the measures mentioned in Article R. 421-2. Reasons are given for cancellation and a decisi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1179-1

…he Civil Code, third parties shall by simple request refer the matter to the public prosecutor, who may obtain any information he or she considers useful about the situation of the minor and his or he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-112

The elected members of the branch committee may, both during the hours when they are exercising their mandate as staff representatives and outside their normal working hours, move freely around the br…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-9

…rations of the insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are entered in the appropriation balance sheet provided fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Medical examination

Article L531-11

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may ask the person applying for asylum to undergo a medical examination.The asylum seeker's refusal to undergo this medical exami…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-112

An employee whose employment contract is amended to provide for part-time work may not invoke any right to be re-employed on a full-time basis before the end of this amendment. At the end of the perio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2332-11

The purchaser may authorise or require the transmission of applications or tenders by electronic means.The method of transmission of applications or tenders shall be indicated in the call for tenders…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L633-11

…tary supervision provided for in this chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may enter into the agreements provided for in Article L. 632-13 with the competent authorities of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11

…ed within a couple and falling within the scope of the article 132-80 of the Penal Code, the victim may ask the public prosecutor to provide him/her as soon as possible with a certificate setting out…

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