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Showing 3140 of 56287 articles for Art. Ord. 2025-229 of 12 March 2025

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-12

…local delegation. After examination, the delegation forwards the application to the Central Council of Section E within two months.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-12

…er managing accounts has a dedicated interface complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017, payment service providers p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-12

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée will ensure that the beneficiaries of financial aid comply with their obligations towards the bodies responsible for collecting the social security c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-12

…l the circumstances, where the damage is caused jointly by a defect in the product and by the fault of the victim or of a person for whom the victim is responsible.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-12

On pain of inadmissibility, the request shall contain a description of the property for which surrender is requested, accompanied by any document justifying the request.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema production account

Article 123-12

In the case of a co-production, where a production company that is not a delegated production company has applied to invest the sums entered in its automatic account and, subsequent to this applicatio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 122

A plea of inadmissibility is any ground which tends to have the opponent declared inadmissible in his claim, without examination of the merits, for lack of right to act, such as lack of standing, lack…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 126

Where the situation giving rise to the plea of inadmissibility is capable of being regularised, the inadmissibility will be set aside if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules. The same…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 129

…attempt at conciliation may order the parties to meet with a court conciliator who will inform them of the purpose and progress of the conciliation, under the conditions set out in Article 22-1 of Law…

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