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Showing 301310 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 678

Where representation is compulsory, the representatives of the parties must also first be notified of the judgment: a) By delivery of a copy of the decision by the court registry, where the parties ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article L734-6

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 162-1 and L. 162-2 law no. 2007-1544 of 29 October 2007 II.-For the application of the articles menti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of reductions in sentences provided for in article 721

Article D116-6

When the sentence enforcement judge is likely to revoke all or part of a previously granted reduction in sentence, on his own initiative or at the request of the head of the establishment or the publi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Temporary secondment to a post of university hospital practitioner.

Article R6152-61

…re reinstated in a hospital practitioner post under the conditions provided for in 3° of article R. 6152-7. Where applicable, they are placed on compulsory leave for the period between the end of thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Temporary secondment to a post of university hospital practitioner.

Article R6152-60

…ndidates appointed as university hospital practitioners, pursuant to article 82 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at university hospitals, are simulta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Easements established by law

Article 652

Part of these obligations is regulated by the laws on rural policing; The others relate to the party wall and ditch, where there is a need for a counter-wall, views onto the neighbour's property, roof…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Right of way

Article 685

…by thirty years of continuous use.The action for compensation, in the case provided for in Article 682, is time-barred, and the passage may be continued, although the action for indemnity is no longe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Judgments of the Cour de cassation

Article 613

In all cases where the Cour de cassation is authorised to choose a court or tribunal for the judgment of a case referred, such choice may only result from a special deliberation taken immediately in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

…istrate, arbitrator or counsel, or if he has given evidence as a witness on the facts of the trial; 6° If there has been a trial between the judge, his spouse, his partner linked by a civil solidarity…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 605

The usufructuary is only liable for maintenance repairs. Major repairs remain the responsibility of the owner, unless they have been caused by a failure to carry out maintenance repairs since the usuf…

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