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Showing 4150 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 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-26

The sentence enforcement judge will assess whether the sentence or probation measure imposed or its duration should be adjusted. Where the nature of the probation measure or alternative penalty does n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-26

…Union, the Minister of Justice shall provide the competent authority of that State with the certificate referred to in Article 728-12 within seventy-two hours.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L773-26

…ns set out in II, the articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L774-26

…sted in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-24

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article D. 48-23, the ground for refusal based on the absence of criminality under French law is not enforceable where the financial penalty relates to an offen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-8

I. - In accordance with the conditions laid down in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the custodian shall ensure that :1° That all payments made by or on behalf of unitho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 10 : Olive oil and table olives

Article R412-26

…or in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 and 7 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 of 11 July 1991, as amended, on the characteristics of olive oil and olive-pomace oil and on th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 260

This list comprises, for the Assize Court of Paris, one thousand eight hundred jurors and, for the other Assize Court jurisdictions, one juror for every one thousand three hundred inhabitants, althoug…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-26

Each time a change is made to one of the elements listed in Article D. 6221-24, the declaration provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6211-2 as it read prior to the entry into force of Or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Expertise.

Article 263

An expert opinion should only be ordered in cases where findings or consultation would not be sufficient to enlighten the judge.

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