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Showing 13611370 of 66828 articles for Art. L 1224-1 · Directive 2001/23/CE du 12 mars 2001 · Cass. soc. 7 July 1998 · Cass. soc. 27 February 2013 · Cass. soc. 26 June 2008

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 264

Following a divorce, each of the spouses loses the use of his or her spouse's name. One of the spouses may nevertheless retain the use of the other's name, either with the other's agreement or with th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article 265

Divorce has no effect on matrimonial benefits that take effect during the marriage and on gifts of present property whatever their form.Divorce automatically revokes matrimonial benefits that take eff…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…y person apprehended in execution of a European arrest warrant must be brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. During this period, the provisions of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-23

The draft demerger shall be submitted to the meetings of bondholders of the company being demerged, in accordance with the provisions of 3° of I of Article L. 228-65, unless the said bondholders are o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

I.-The rules of professional conduct applicable to members of the Agency's Boards and Committees, its employees, health reservists and persons who occasionally provide assistance to the Agency or its…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Payment Security Observatory

Article R142-26

The duties of a member of the Observatory are free of charge. Observatory members may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Banque de France is responsible for th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Declaration of claims.

Article R641-26

Litigation and civil enforcement proceedings suspended pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 622-28 shall be pursued at the initiative of the creditors benefiting from guarantees mentioned in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointment on presentation

Article R742-27-1

The commercial court clerk who wishes to exercise his right of presentation shall inform the Minister for Justice, the Keeper of the Seals, by teleprocedure on the website of the Ministry of Justice,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26-1

Where a supervisory authority of another Member State transmits to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a proposal similar to those mentioned in II or III of Article R. 356-26 with res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-27

Unused medicines are destroyed by incineration with energy recovery in compliance with current regulations.

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