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Showing 921930 of 11746 articles for Art. Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 January 1986

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 97

Death certificates received by the military authority, in all cases provided for in Article 93 above, or by the civil authority for members of the armed forces, civilians taking part in their action,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 93

Civil status records concerning servicemen and seamen of the State are established as stated in the preceding chapters. However, in the event of war, military operations conducted outside national ter…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 95

In the cases provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 93, civil status records are drawn up in a special register, the keeping and preservation of which are regulated by order of the Minister of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-1

…il registrar of the place where the person is resident; 2° Outside the national territory or in all cases where the civil registry service is no longer provided in the place where the person is reside…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-2

The effects of the marriage referred to in Article

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96

When a marriage is celebrated in one of the cases provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of article 93, publications are made, insofar as circumstances allow, at the place of the future spouse's last domi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…s. The contracts of public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employees taken for the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

After informing the payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter, in accordance with article L. 133-17, for the purpose of blocking the payment instrument, the payer shall not bear…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-19

I. - In the event of an unauthorised payment transaction resulting from the loss or theft of a payment instrument, the payer shall be liable for any losses arising from the use of the instrument, up t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-1

…mmediately leave French territory but whose removal remains a reasonable prospect, in the following cases:1° The foreign national is the subject of a decision imposing an obligation to leave French te…

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