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Showing 111120 of 44263 articles for Art. CE 23-2-2000 n° 162659

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 233

…on of the public prosecutor, order that as many assize divisions be formed as the needs of the service require.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 239

The public prosecutor notifies the accused of the date on which he must appear.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 235

…one at which they are usually held.The judgment shall be brought to the attention of the courts concerned by the Public Prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 236

The date of the opening of the sessions of the Assize Court shall be fixed whenever necessary, on the proposal of the Public Prosecutor, by the First President of the Court of Appeal or, in the case p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Holding of meetings

Article 238

On a proposal from the public prosecutor, the roll for each session is drawn up by the president of the assize court or, at the request of the public prosecutor, by the first president of the court of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236

I. - For income tax or corporation tax purposes, operating expenses incurred in scientific or technical research operations may, at the company's option, be capitalised or deducted from the results fo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pledging of intangible movables.

Article 2364

…curity in a specially allocated account opened for this purpose with an institution authorised to receive them, with the responsibility for returning them if the secured obligation is performed. In th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Letters of intent

Article 2322

…intent is an undertaking to do or not to do with the object of supporting a debtor in the performance of his obligation to his creditor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Property retained as security.

Article 2371

In the absence of full payment on the due date, the creditor may request the return of the property in order to recover the right to dispose of it. The value of the property taken back is set off, by…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2376

…lso relates to the general movables of the debtor, it is exercised over immovables only in the absence of sufficient movables.

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