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Showing 39813990 of 56769 articles for Art. L 144-10 · C. civ. Art. 1709 · Cass. com. 11 May 1971 · Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to subsequent contracts

Article R2162-11

…cting entities, subsequent contracts are awarded on the basis of objective and non-discriminatory rules or criteria defined in the framework agreement, which may include reopening competition between…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Specific legacies.

Article 1022

Where the bequest is of an indeterminate thing, the heir is not obliged to give it of the best quality, nor may he offer it of the worst.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 102

Witnesses are heard, either separately and without the presence of the parties, or during confrontations carried out between them or with one or other of the parties, by the investigating judge, assis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 105

…s and corroborating evidence of having participated in the acts referred to the investigating judge may not be heard as witnesses.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3 : Partition wills.

Article 1079

The testament-partage produces the effects of a partition. Its beneficiaries may not waive their right to rely on the will to claim a new partition of the estate.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial documentation and statistical information.

Article D213-11

The financial documentation submitted to the Banque de France is drawn up in French or in a language other than French that is customary in financial matters, if the securities can only be subscribed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1052

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 827 (1), the deeds required for the constitution and dissolution of low-cost housing bodies as defined in Book IV of the Construction and Housing Code…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-11

The arrangements for the hearing may be modified if there are serious reasons preventing the minor from being heard under the conditions initially laid down.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 102

Where the courts seised are not of the same level, a plea of lis pendens or connexity may only be raised before the court of the lower level.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1027

If there are several accepting executors, one of them may act in default of the others, unless the testator has provided otherwise or divided their office.

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