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Showing 771780 of 52521 articles for Art. 155 IV 2°

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Some specific time limits and starting points.

Article 2226

…re or acts of barbarism, or by violence or sexual assault committed against a minor, an action for civil liability shall be barred after twenty years.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Some specific time limits and starting points.

Article 2225

…court, including for the loss or destruction of documents entrusted to them, shall be barred after five years from the end of their assignment.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-23-2

…report for each department to the minister responsible for health and the minister responsible for civil protection.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28-2

…ish and make available, at the request of the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, the report relating to the tax on profits provided for in Article L. 233-28-1. The fir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-2

Articles L. 222-2-1, L. 222-2-3 to L. 222-2-5, L. 222-2-7 and L. 222-2-8 may, with the agreement of the parties, be applied to athletes who are employed by their sports federation as members of a Fren…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Appeals provided for in article L. 464-7.

Article R464-21

The Minister for Economic Affairs, when he is not a party to the proceedings, and the Competition Authority may submit written and oral observations. The latter are presented at their request or at th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Appeals provided for in article L. 464-7.

Article R464-20

…a copy of the summons is filed in triplicate at the registry of the court of appeal no later than five days after it is served. In addition, a copy of the summons shall be immediately notified at the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 268

…es may submit to the judge for approval agreements settling all or part of the consequences of the divorce. The judge, after checking that the interests of each of the spouses and of the children are…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 266

…suffers as a result of the dissolution of the marriage either where he or she was a defendant to a divorce granted on the grounds of definitive alteration of the marital bond and had not himself or he…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 267

…in joint ownership, for preferential allotment and for an advance on a share of the community or undivided property. He shall rule on applications for the liquidation and division of property interest…

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