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Showing 25412550 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 81

Where the judge considers that the case falls within the jurisdiction of a criminal, administrative, arbitral or foreign court, he shall simply refer the parties to take further proceedings. In all ot…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-4

…irst president or, as soon as he is seised, from the magistrate in charge of the preparation of the case and provided that there is urgency, that such reinstatement is compatible with the nature of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 348-4

…wo is valid only if the child has actually been handed over to the child welfare service, except in cases where there is a relationship of kinship or marriage up to and including the sixth degree betw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 196

…the same way when he receives, subsequent to a decision by the Investigating Chamber to dismiss the case, documents which appear to him to contain new charges under the terms of article 189. In such a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-12

…ds issued by the associations referred to in Article L. 213-8 may be offered to the public. In this case, it is subject to supervision by the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) under the conditions…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notices and periodic indicative notices of purchasers' intention to award a contract

Article R2131-1

The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contract by publishing, in the case of the contracting authority, a prior information notice, or, in the case of the contracting entity, a periodi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions

Article 772

In the case provided for in Article 840, the copies of the application and of the exhibits delivered to the President shall, together with a copy of his order, be placed by the Registrar in the file,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Responsibilities

Article L2316-2

…on all major projects concerning the company in economic and financial matters, particularly in the cases defined in articles L. 2312-42 to L. 2312-51 , as well as in matters of health, safety and wor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-6

…and including the fourth degree, of the debtor who is a natural person or of the directors, in the case of a legal entity, may be appointed to one of the positions provided for in article L. 641-1 or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: EXAMINATION OF THE REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF OVERBELT SITUATION

Article R721-4

…has a period of three months to examine the admissibility of the claim, notify it, investigate the case and decide on its orientation from the date of submission of the case.

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