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Showing 5160 of 18871 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-7-2018 n° 18/00485

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-18

…te provided for by Article 712-6 within a period of fifteen days following the sentenced person's incarceration that results from this suspension, the person shall be released if he or she is not deta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-7

The company terminates: 1° By expiry of the period for which it was formed, unless extended in accordance with Article 1844-6 ; 2° By the realisation or extinction of its object;

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-18

The holder of a parallel import authorisation for a proprietary veterinary medicinal product shall immediately inform the marketing authorisation holder in the country of origin of any serious adverse…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-7

Articles L. 3253-7, L. 3253-10 to L. 3253-13 and L. 3253-17 are applicable to the procedures defined in articles L. 3253-18-1 and L. 3253-18-2. The judgments referred to in article L. 3253-12 include…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-7

The manager exercises the powers he has under the previous article even if there is an incapable person among the undivided co-owners. However, article 456, paragraph 3, is applicable to leases grante…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

…dge; the order shall be made eight days at the earliest and one month at the latest from this notification. The order by which the examining magistrate relinquishes jurisdiction does not take effect u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-181

The magistrates mentioned in

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-182

…ic prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdiction, the conduct of public action policy for the application of that same article.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-180

…6-179 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties, either to the investigating chamber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-18

…stay of proceedings no longer exists, the criminal court will rule on the enforcement of the confiscation order. The public prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State by any…

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