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Showing 28912900 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

A person who, without being incapable of acting himself, needs, for one of the reasons provided for in Article 425, to be assisted or controlled in a continuous manner in the important acts of civil l…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Early waiver of the reduction action

Article 930-4

…ing of the succession, if it is based on neediness. It is made within one year, from the day of the act imputed by the renouncing party or from the day on which the act could have been known by his he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R1423-44

…rar is vacant or where the registrar is prevented from attending or is absent, the deputy registrar acts as substitute or acting registrar. Where there are several deputies, the registrar, or if he or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article 706-141

…e enforcement of the additional penalty of confiscation under the conditions defined in article 131-21 du code pénal, to seizures carried out in application of this code when they relate to all or par…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-22-1

…s à un contenu illicite aux personnes mentionnées au 2 du I de l'article 6 de la loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique par les agents habilités, dans les conditio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D14-1

The judicial police officers listed in article 21 shall give an account of all crimes, offences or contraventions of which they have knowledge in the form of reports sent to their hierarchical superio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Representation

Article 1154

Where the representative acts within the limits of his powers in the name and on behalf of the principal, the latter alone is bound by the undertaking thus contracted. Where the representative declare…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…s and specialists governed by decree no. 59-1405 of 9 December 1959 as amended.-scientific and contract staff governed by decree no. 80-479 of 27 June 1980 .-professors and associate lecturers covered…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 46

…records, the originals of which have been destroyed or have disappeared as a result of disaster or acts of war, may be supplemented by acts of notoriety. These actes de notoriété are issued by a nota…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-7

The manager is vested with the broadest powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the company. In dealings with third parties, the company is bound even by acts of the manager that do not fall w…

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