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Showing 15911600 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-6

…equest or opinion from Eurojust, he shall inform Eurojust without undue delay of the decision taken and the reasons for it.However, such a statement of reasons shall not be compulsory where it may pre…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-20

…r to modify all or part of the measures set out in the protection order. The wearer of the bracelet and the Public Prosecutor may in particular request that the alert and pre-alert distances be revise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-11

I.-Establishments and organisations authorised under article L. 2151-5 or the first paragraph of article L. 2151-9 shall keep a register of the embryos they hold.This register mentions :1° The organis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

Article R2232-11

…clude: 1° The procedures for sending the text of the agreement to the employees; 2° The place, date and time of the consultation; 3° The organisation and conduct of the consultation; 4° The text of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-11

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-11 in respect of the approval of a disposal plan in the course of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings (number 9 of Table 4-1) is set in proportion…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Execution studies

Article D2171-11

…able the work to be carried out. The purpose of these studies is to draw up all the execution plans and specifications for use on the site, as well as the corresponding summary plans, for the entire p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-11

…reports on this at the start of the meeting to the municipal council, which decides on the urgency and may decide to defer all or part of the discussion to the agenda of a later meeting.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-19

The civil fine provided for in Article 387-6 of the Civil Code may not exceed 10,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-11

…rom the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, shall define the entomological surveillance and vector insect control programme within a perimeter of at least four hundred metres around the po…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-11

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