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Showing 1120 of 56503 articles for Art. 390 and 391

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…the summons to appear in court served on the accused, on the instructions of the public prosecutor and within the time limits laid down by article 552, either by a court clerk, an officer or agent of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-390

The age limit for contract practitioners is sixty-seven.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Discount rights.

Article 390 bis

1. In order to take account of the resources and expenses of debtors or other special circumstances in the case of those whose profession is to carry out customs formalities on behalf of others, total…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Discount rights.

Article 390 ter

The administration may, taking into account the economic and social situation of the debtor, his good faith and the circumstances that led to the late payment, grant total or partial remission of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 393-1

If the public prosecutor proceeds as stated in articles 394 to 396 and in article 397-1-1, the victim must be notified by any means of the date of the hearing. Article 391 is applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 179-2

…is order must then include the information provided for in the second to last paragraphs of article 390. This order then exempts the prosecutor from issuing a summons pursuant to the same Article 390.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Referral to the Police Court

Article 533

The articles 388-1,388-2,388-3,388-4 and 390 to 392-1 are applicable before the police court.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Involvement of third parties

Article 373-5

…eft in a position to exercise parental authority, guardianship shall be opened as stated in article 390 below.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: The monetary unit

Article L111-1

France's currency is the euro. One euro is divided into one hundred centimes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-1

Subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 112-2 and articles L. 112-3, L. 112-3-1 and L. 112-4, automatic indexation of the prices of goods or services is prohibited. Any clause i…

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