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Showing 24612470 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-18

…measure has been taken pursuant to the provisions of article L. 733-13, the certificate is drawn up and sent to the debtor by the registry when the judgment provided for in Article R. 733-17 is sent.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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 R663-18

…e may not, as such, claim this remuneration. If, in the same proceedings, a judicial representative and a separate liquidator are appointed by the court, the judicial representative receives the full…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Screening for and treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases

Article R2311-18

…14 are obliged to complete, under the conditions laid down by order of the Minister for Health, a standardised collection of anonymous individual data, which is the subject of a summary report sent ea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-18

For audit certification engagements, in the event of disagreement between the statutory auditor(s) and the management of the audited person or entity on the amount of remuneration, the president of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of protection zones.

Article D3335-3

In order to take into account the specific situations of certain municipalities, resulting in particular from the number of establishments mentioned in 3° of article L. 3335-1 to be protected by virtu…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-19

…ng to their actual attendance at plenary sessions, meetings of committees of which they are members and meetings of bodies in which they represent the territorial authority of Martinique. This reducti…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-19

Any public sewerage service, regardless of how it is operated, gives rise to the collection of sewerage fees established under the conditions set by the articles R. 2224-19-1 to R. 2224-19-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-31

Beneficiaries of this section are entitled to leave determined in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3141-3 to L. 3141-31 if they can prove that they have worked for one or more of the subj…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Federal performance projects

Article R221-18

…ce; 2° A programme for access to high-level sport, which defines the federal strategy for detection and training for access to the programme of excellence. Federal performance projects must indicate a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 189

The parties shall be questioned in each other's presence unless circumstances require them to be questioned separately. They must be confronted if one of the parties so requests. Where the appearance…

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