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Showing 40114020 of 35571 articles for Art. CA Amiens 27 March 1968 · Cass. com. 8 October 1991 · Cass. com. 24 November 1992 n° 91-11.055 · Cass. com. 11 January 2000 · CA Paris 17 January 2008 · Cass. com. 26 February 1979 · CA Paris 24 September 1991 · Cass. com. 26 October 1999

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 84

Subject to the application of articles 657 and 663, the removal of the investigating judge in favour of another investigating judge may be requested from the president of the court, in the interests o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting of gifts.

Article 858

The ratio is made in less taking, except in the case of the second paragraph of article 845. It cannot be required in kind, unless otherwise stipulated in the deed of gift. In the case of such a stipu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Elections (R)

Article R1424-11

…nicipal cooperation, on the other hand, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article L. 1424-24-3, each mayor and each chairman of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation has,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Orders on request

Article 846

The application shall be presented by a lawyer or by a public or ministerial officer in cases where the latter is authorised to do so by the provisions in force. In cases where the parties are exempte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Determination of rental value.

Article R145-11

…reference premises. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 145-7 are applicable in this case.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: The commission for the examination of commercial practices

Article D440-11

…e anonymity of all documents, investigation reports and information gathered before they are communicated to the Trade Practices Review Commission. To this end, the secretariat of the commission shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Packaged spring waters.

Article R1321-88

…charge must include, in addition to the particulars provided for in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on the provi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-81

…ist recidivism and reintegration for the measure to be lifted or modified shall be addressed to the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court. In accordance with the first sentence of the last paragraph of Art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-11

The biologist in charge of the medical biology laboratory to which the patient has referred retains responsibility for all phases of the medical biology examination, including when one of them, in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R822-113

…es of association is attached to the declaration, which includes a list of the partners with an indication of their profession or status, as appropriate, followed, for each, by an indication of the sh…

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