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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1769

If the lease is made for several years, and during the term of the lease the whole or at least half of a crop is removed by fortuitous events, the farmer may claim a remission of the price of his tena…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Transfer of shares.

Article 1868

Forced realisation that does not arise from a pledge to which the other partners have given their consent must similarly be notified one month before the sale to the partners and the company. The memb…

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

Article 612-1

In all matters, where the interests of public policy or the proper administration of justice so require, the Cour de cassation may order that the annulment it pronounces shall have effect in respect o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622-2

Revision and review may be requested: 1° By the Minister of Justice; 2° By the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation; 3° By the convicted person or, in the event of incapacity, by his legal repre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 665-1

Referral may also be ordered by the Criminal Division if the court normally having jurisdiction cannot be legally composed or if the course of justice is otherwise interrupted. The motion for referral…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 663

Where two investigating judges, belonging to the same court or to different courts, are simultaneously seised of related offences or different offences in respect of which the same person or the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-40

Information may only be transmitted to the competent services of the Member State that requested it with the prior authorisation of a magistrate whenever such authorisation is required in France to ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

The Eurojust Agency, acting as a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent di…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-8

If the confiscation order concerns a sum of money, the Public Prosecutor shall forward it, together with the certificate, to the competent authority of the State in which he has reason to believe that…

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