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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1020

The judgment refers to the rule of law on which the cassation is based.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Judicial divorce and legal separation

Article 1129

Legal separation proceedings follow the rules laid down for divorce proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Judicial divorce and legal separation

Article 1130

The declaration of resumption of cohabitation is entered in the margin of the marriage certificate and the birth certificate of each of the spouses. The same entries are made at the request of the not…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1178-1

The adoption decision is enforceable provisionally only if it so orders.The time limit for an appeal in cassation suspends the enforcement of the adoption decision. An appeal in cassation lodged withi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A243-4

Where the insurance certificate provided for in article L. 243-2 relates to a collective ten-year liability policy taken out in addition to the individual policies guaranteeing the ten-year liability…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A243-5

Where appropriate, the certificate may include details of other cover or extensions provided for in the insurance contract. However, in respect of the compulsory cover provided by articles L. 241-1 an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article Annexe II art A243-1

…rovided for in article L. 242-1 of the present code, both on his own behalf and on behalf of successive owners.b) Insured.The policyholder and the successive owners of the work for whose benefit the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article Annexe I art A243-1

…as to existing works which are fully incorporated into the new work and which become technically indivisible from it, within the meaning of II of article L. 243-1-1 of this code, when the insured is h…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A243-3

…ere the insurance certificate relates to a ten-year liability insurance contract taken out by an individual taxable person, the insurance certificate provided for in Article L. 243-2 must bear the wor…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book II: Compulsory insurance

Article A243-1

All insurance contracts taken out for the application of Title IV of Book II of this Code must include the clauses set out :Annexes I and III to this article, as regards liability insurance ;Annex II…

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