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Showing 401410 of 53011 articles for Art. CE 1-10-2013 n° 361440

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

Article 1180-10

…ip judge hearing a minor's case may check with the juvenile court judge whether educational assistance proceedings have been opened and ask the latter to send him a copy of the documents in the curren…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1039 A

…f article 1020, transfers made to a professional economic development committee governed by the loi n° 78-654 du 22 juin 1978, of assets of any kind belonging to an organisation with a similar purpose…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1072-1

…n the exercise of parental authority or when a case is referred to it for homologation under the procedure provided for by article 1143 or by articles 1565 et seq, the family court judge checks whethe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

…f the company may only result from the violation of a mandatory provision of this title, with the exception of the last paragraph of article 1833, or from one of the causes of nullity of contracts in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1210-10

A copy of the documents in proceedings initiated by the public prosecutor on the basis of articles 1210-4,1210-7,1210-8and 1210-9 must be communicated to the French central authority under the Hague C…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Injunction procedures.

Article 1424-10

…court clerk shall summon the parties to the hearing by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The summons is sent to all the parties, even those who have not lodged an objection. The summ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-10

…of the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDS D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Leasing

Article L313-10

…es the conditions under which failure to publicise the transaction will result in it not being enforceable against third parties.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article L551-10

…e understands or may reasonably be expected to understand, that he or she may be refused material reception conditions or that they may be terminated under the conditions and in accordance with the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…ust obtain authorisation. This authorisation is granted to legal entities with their registered office in France or to branches established on French territory of credit institutions with their regist…

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