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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-2

…ons who have not served as a juror or citizen assessor in the five years preceding the current year and who have not been entered on an annual jury list or an annual list of citizen assessors in the p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-2-1

The professional practice standard relating to the specific principles applicable to the audit of consolidated financial statements, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: NEP 600. Spe…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-1

The professional practice standard relating to the mission of the statutory auditor appointed for three financial years provided for in Article L. 823-12-1 of the Commercial Code, approved by the Mini…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

…s for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crude and detailed in a visually realistic environment:…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-2

In the event of a trust entered into by way of security, the contract shall mention, on pain of nullity, in addition to the provisions set out in

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Individuals

Article 1148-2

…ply to the court for legal separation or divorce under the conditions provided for in articles 1106 and 1107.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R2123-22-2

…of the Town Council may claim, on presentation of supporting documents, reimbursement of the travel and subsistence expenses they incur when travelling outside the territory of the municipality to tak…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Sales of immovable property.

Article R642-29-1

…o months of the publication of the order of the official receiver. As an exception to subsections 2 and 4 of section 1 and sections 2 and 3 of the chapitre II du titre II du livre III du code des proc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1589-2

…ng to all or part of an immovable or to the securities of the companies referred to in Articles 728 and 1655 ter of the General Tax Code, if it is not recorded in a notarial deed or in a private deed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

Where the spouses agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by t…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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