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Showing 7180 of 55685 articles for Art. Cass. soc. 5 November 1987 · Cass. soc. 2 April 1998 · Cass. soc. 2 July 1981 · Cass. soc. 5 November 2009 · Cass. soc. 29 June 2017 · Cass. soc. 28 September 2010 · Cass. soc. 24 October 1989 · CA Paris 16 December 2009

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Cases and procedure for legal separation

Article 296

Legal separation may be pronounced or established in the same cases and under the same conditions as divorce.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article L775-24

…eft-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Disputes relating to literal evidence.

Article 286

…ction when it is brought incidentally before a judicial court or before a court of appeal. In other cases, the registration of forgery falls within the jurisdiction of the judicial court.

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

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-29

The proposals for staff reports and the staff reports provided for in article R. 15-33-29-28 shall be drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They shall includ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 299

…fendants, they may agree to exercise their challenges; they may exercise them separately. In either case, they may not exceed the number of challenges determined for a single accused.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2420

…agreement constituting the security. However, in their relations with each other, the date of publication of the reloading agreements determines their rank. The same applies to creditors holding a le…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2418

…in the form and manner prescribed by law. By exception, the mortgage provided for in 3° of article 2402 is exempt from registration. It takes precedence over all other mortgages for the current year…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Classification of mortgages

Article 2419

The order of preference between mortgagees and pledgees, insofar as their pledge relates to property deemed to be immovable, is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published, n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 294

The judge settles any difficulties in carrying out the handwriting verification, in particular as regards the determination of the comparison documents.His decision takes the form either of a simple m…

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