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Showing 24912500 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1293

The judgment may not be given until one month after the entry provided for in the preceding article has been made in the margin of the birth certificate of each of the spouses or, if that certificate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation (R).

Article R5211-38

Except in the cases provided for by IV of Article L. 5210-1-1 and by Articles 60 and 61 of the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, decisions are taken by a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-32

The expert mentioned in article L. 321-29 may not describe, present, estimate or put up for sale any property belonging to him, nor may he acquire, directly or indirectly on his own account, any prope…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Health and Autonomy Conference

Article D1442-6

Article D. 1432-29 does not apply to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-5

SITUATION at 31 December N Total amount expressed in millions of euros (€M) SITUATION at 31 December N expressed in number of contracts concerned GLOBAL AMOUNT paid to beneficiaries or transferred to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…They shall exercise the prerogatives laid down in articles 5-5 to 5-10 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 on occupational health and safety and medical prevention in the civil service and inarticle…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article A331-1-1

Applications for the declaration or authorisation of sporting events as provided for in articles R. 331-6 and R. 331-20 of this code are submitted to the competent local authority in electronic format…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-11

The accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance sends the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-16 a (art. A322-82)

Conditions for teaching air diving in the natural environmentSURVEY AREASMINIMUM DIVER SKILLSSKILLSminimum of the person supervising the groupMAXIMUM NUMBERof the group(not including the person superv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-18

The limited liability company is managed by one or more natural persons. The managers may be chosen from outside the partners. They are appointed by the partners, in the Articles of Association or by…

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