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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Statements of claim

Article R322-12

The period within which a registered creditor who has been notified of a summons to pay equivalent to a seizure must declare his claim is two months from the date of notification. However, a creditor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-12

Staff representatives are elected on the basis of proportional representation, with the remainder being distributed on the basis of the highest average, and without a mixture of candidates.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Proceedings before the guardianship judge.

Article 1289-1

The spouse's application shall be accompanied by any evidence of the spouse's inability to express his or her wishes or by a medical certificate, if the inability is of a medical nature. The judge may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-123

Where the court that has handed down one of the decisions referred to in Article R. 123-122 is not the court within whose jurisdiction the register in which the main registration appears is kept, the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

The sums entered in an automatic account must be invested by the account holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reimbursement of transport costs incurred by trainees

Article R6523-12

Trainees residing in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique or Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and who are following a course giving rise to remuneration payable by the State, the region or the local au…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 211-125

The same project cannot benefit from both production aid for genre films and production aid before and after completion.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors

Article A211-41

Full members of staff and contract staff with a contract of at least ten months as at the closing date of the ballot, working for the Ecole Nationale de Voile et des Sports Nautiques on the day of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: The National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers

Article A131-2

Sworn brokers of goods registered on the lists of courts of appeal in numbers of less than nine are grouped by court of appeal, for the elections to the National Council of sworn brokers of goods, und…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

Unless otherwise stipulated, when it is provided that the industrial tribunal shall rule on the merits of the case in accordance with the accelerated procedure, the claim shall be brought before a hea…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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