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Showing 75117520 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-33

…hecks whether the person is a person convicted of a crime or offence mentioned in article D. 147-31 and against whom socio-judicial supervision has not been ordered. When this is the case, it checks w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-34

In order to assess the need for judicial supervision, the sentence enforcement judge and the public prosecutor may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 723-31, order a medical examination, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-35

…dered pursuant to the provisions of article 723-31 concludes that the sentenced person is dangerous and establishes a risk of re-offending that appears to be proven, the public prosecutor shall reques…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-6

…s may provide for the representation, in an advisory capacity, of partner organisations of the fire and rescue service. The representatives of the organisations thus designated by the Board of Directo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6-1

Article L. 1336-1 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-6

The revocation decision has absolute effect. The effects of decisions ruling on opposition are retroactive to the filing date of the patent application. Where a decision on opposition partially revoke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-6-1

The Director may decide, after consulting the Supervisory Board and with the approval of the establishment's medical commission and the establishment's social committee, to set up on an experimental b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-6-1

The provisions of Title I and Title II of this Book are applicable to medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, subject to the provisions of Chapter IV of Title I a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-6-2

The public prosecutor who, pursuant to article 63-8, orders the transfer of a person from police custody may have the person brought before him or before a delegate authorised in accordance with artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-6

Any person placed in police custody who has requested the assistance of a lawyer pursuant to article 63-3-1 who is moved to a place other than that of the investigating department may not be interview…

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