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Showing 51515160 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
Section 3: Conditions for salaried employment.

Article L5221-9

…rangers et du Droit d'Asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigners and the Right of Asylum) may only be hired after the employer has declared his or her name to the administrative authorities.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-98

…the Articles of Association, the net assets resulting from the liquidation. The liquidator's powers may be specified by the court decision or the decision of the shareholders appointing him. The court…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Regional public vocational training service

Article R6121-9

…dure for acquiring the vocational certification classified at level 4 or lower to which it leads.It may also include the payment by the region of enrolment fees and any ancillary costs, in particular…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

Television service publishers and distributors may not use technical measures that would have the effect of depriving the public of the benefit of the private copy exception, including on a medium and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 911-1

The Conseiller de la mise en état may of his own motion, by order and by reason of the nature of the case, set shorter time limits than those provided for in Articles 908 to 910. The lapse of the stat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-9

…quest of one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 813-1 or Article 814-1, it may extend it for a period it determines. The mission ceases ipso jure by the effect of an indivisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-9

Each undivided co-owner may use and enjoy the undivided property in accordance with its intended purpose, to the extent compatible with the rights of the other undivided co-owners and with the effect…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-9

…ase or the lifting or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be made at any time to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal, which shall proce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Examination of complaints and claims.

Article R1112-93

…must take place as far as possible before the patient is discharged from the hospital. The mediator may meet the patient's relatives if he/she considers it useful or at the patient's request.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Liability and protection of elected representatives

Article L6434-9

…Territorial Council or a Territorial Councillor deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on the basis of the third paragraph of this same article for unintentional act…

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