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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1012

The chairman of the panel to which the case is distributed shall appoint a councillor or a referendary councillor of that panel as rapporteur. He may immediately fix the date of the hearing. He may, a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1021

The judgment shall be signed by the President, the rapporteur(s) and the Registrar.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015

Where it is intended to raise one or more pleas of its own motion, to reject a plea by substituting a purely legal ground raised of its own motion for an erroneous one, or to declare a case quashed wi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1018

…be heard after the report if they so request. The parties may also be heard after being authorised to do so by the chairman.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1017

The report is made at the hearing.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1020

The judgment refers to the rule of law on which the cassation is based.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-1

The seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts competent to hear disputes over the French or foreign nationality of natural persons shall be determined by decree.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-1

…e punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100 million euros, which may be increased up to ten times the amount of the advantage gained from the offence, provided that the fine is not less…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-1

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in Article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in Articles L. 571-3, L. 571-4, L. 571-6 to L. 571-9,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L531-1

…s' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the basis…

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