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Showing 29712980 of 32219 articles for Art. Décret 87-713 du 26-8-1987

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Refunds

Article 1352-8

The restitution of a service takes place in value. This is assessed at the date on which it was provided.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-8

The claimant must prove the damage, the defect and the causal link between the defect and the damage.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-8

Payment can be proven by any means.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-8

…ations, rely on an irregularity in the appointment or dismissal of the liquidator, once it has been duly published. The legal personality of the company subsists for the purposes of the liquidation un…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-8

…the remedies provided by the articles 815-4,815-5 and 815-6. If there are incapacitated minors or adults among the undivided co-owners, the decisions referred to in the previous paragraph give rise t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2a: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article 529-8

…the person concerned, within fifteen days of this being sent. In the event of non-payment of the reduced fixed fine under the conditions set out above, the offender is liable for the fixed fine.

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

Article 627-8

Where the investigating chamber finds that there is no obvious error, it shall order the surrender of the person claimed and, if he or she is free, his or her imprisonment for that purpose. Any other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8

Chapter II of Title XXV of this Book IV, with the exception of Articles 706-88-1 and 706-88-2, shall apply to the investigation, prosecution and trial of crimes falling within the scope of l'article 6…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-8

…ls and accompanied either by a judgment or a sentence, even in absentia, or an act of criminal procedure formally decreeing or operating ipso jure the transfer of the person prosecuted before the crim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8

The national member shall be a senior magistrate seconded to the Eurojust Agency for a period of five years, renewable once, by order of the Minister of Justice.The Minister of Justice may issue instr…

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