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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Aid to businesses

Article L1861-1

…nesia, communes and their groupings may grant aid to companies, under the conditions defined by the acts provided for in article 140 of the organic law referred to as "lois du pays" and the regulation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions common to all defendants.

Article 331

A third party may be impleaded for the purposes of condemnation by any party who is entitled to act against him as principal. He may also be impleaded by the party who has an interest therein in order…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 512

…granted to a debtor whose property is seized by other creditors or to a debtor who has, by his own act, diminished the guarantees which he had given by contract to his creditor.In these same cases, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties.

Article L1453-4

…rs' and employees' organisations, under conditions defined by decree.The trade union representative acts within the scope of an administrative region.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles

Article L121-1

…ovisual registers.The purpose of the cinema and audiovisual registers is to ensure the publicity of acts, agreements and judgements relating to the production, distribution, representation and exhibit…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Letters rogatory from foreign States

Article 746

The decision by which the judge refuses to execute a letter rogatory, cancels the acts recording its execution, reports the measures he has taken or refuses to report them must state the reasons.The p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Closure of the investigation and referral to the oral hearing

Article 801

If the lawyers fail to complete the procedural acts within the time limits set, the Pre-Trial Judge may, ex officio, after giving notice to the lawyers, issue a reasoned striking-off order that is not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 861

Where the return is in kind and the condition of the objects given has been improved by the act of the donee, he must be taken into account for this, having regard to what their value was increased at…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Invalidity

Article 1184

Where the cause of nullity affects only one or more clauses of the contract, it entails nullity of the entire act only if that clause or those clauses constituted a determining element of the commitme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2372-5

…ismissed for taking part in the taking of a decision pursuant to Article L. 2372-4. Any decision or act contrary to this prohibition is automatically null and void. The other operating procedures of t…

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