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Showing 37913800 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-57

The provisions of this Title, with the exception of those of paragraph 1 of sub-section 1 of section 2, shall apply to judicial officers in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle. Table 3-…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-5

…act, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a copy or extract of the marriage certificate updated in accordance with Articles 1303-3 and 1303-4 or a certificate of registration in the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-5

…holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2151-9, by the practitioner approved in application of Article L. 2131-4-2 or by the practitioner working, in accordance with the fifth paragraph…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1

Search of a lawyer's chambers or home may only be carried out by a magistrate and in the presence of the President of the Bar or his delegate, following a written, reasoned decision taken by the liber…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L943-5

…ures civiles d'exécution and 945 of the Code de procédure civile" are replaced by the words: "the locally applicable provisions of civil procedure relating to the sale of movable property belonging to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article L6473-5

The local authority receives the lump-sum grant under the conditions set out in article L. 3334-3. It also receives a share of the equalisation allowance provided for in article L. 3334-4 and the spec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-5

Pursuant to Article L. 633-7, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers, as coordinator, shall provide the Joint Committee of Europ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-4

…fits the co-debtors.The oath referred to the surety benefits the principal debtor.In these last two cases, the oath of the joint and several debtor or of the surety benefits the other co-debtors or th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-4

…until the first working day following its expiry. Intermediate public holidays are included in the calculation of the period. Statutory holidays include days on which, under the provisions in force,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

The provisions contained in articles 19-3 and 19-4 are not applicable to children born in France to diplomatic agents or career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option…

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