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Showing 841850 of 56672 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 18-1-2018 n° 15-27.525

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-18

The provisional cash flow statement and each of the provisional profit and loss accounts are presented in summary form, by title, and in detailed form, by chapter.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180-2

When the investigating judge is seised of qualified acts constituting one of the offences mentioned in I of Article 41-1-2, it may, at the request or with the agreement of the Public Prosecutor, issue…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-3

The accused and the prosecution may appeal against the orders provided for in the first paragraph of Article 179 where they consider that the acts referred to the criminal court constitute a crime tha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-18

In the event of the concealment or misrepresentation referred to in article L. 113-8, in the event that the insured has voluntarily taken his own life during the period referred to in article L. 132-7…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration.

Article L1251-18

The remuneration, within the meaning of Article L. 3221-3, received by the temporary employee may not be less than that provided for in the secondment contract, as defined in 6° of Article L. 1251-43.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-18

Prior to any meeting, the employees' representatives on the European Company Committee or, where applicable, its officers, are entitled to meet in the absence of its Chairman.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Holding of the appeal hearing

Article R743-18

When the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate does not intend to reject as manifestly inadmissible, pursuant to article L. 743-23, the statement of appeal without a hearing, the cler…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-18

The warning distance separating the victim from the person placed under judicial supervision, expressed as a whole number of kilometres, may not be less than one kilometre or more than ten kilometres.…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable in municipalities where the police are state-run.

Article D2573-18

The articles R. 2214-2 and R. 2214-3 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Regulations attached to agreements.

Article R6142-18

In the event of an infringement of the regulations by a member of staff working for the university hospital centre, the university or a training or research unit, the penalty shall be imposed by the d…

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