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Showing 4150 of 18855 articles for Art. CE 8-7-2005 n° 253291

French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-7 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-6)

Article Annexe 8-7

PROGRAMME DU CERTIFICAT D'APTITUDE AUX FONCTIONS DE CommISIRE AUX Comptes In application of the provisions of article A. 822-6, the programme of tests for the certificat d'aptitude aux fonctions de co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-81

Where the requirements of the investigation or enquiry into one of the crimes or offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 le justifient, le procureur de la République ou, aprè…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

…rticle 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the sentence enforcement court pursuant to article 712-7 are taken by reasoned order of the sentence enforceme…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-8

As an exception to the provisions of this Title, where a notice, summons or receipt is sent by the court registry to a party by any means, by ordinary letter or by registered letter without acknowledg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-7

Each year and at the end of the mandate, the mandatary shall render an account of his management to the interested heirs or their representatives and inform them of all acts performed. Failing this, j…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-7

At the request of any interested person or the Public Prosecutor, the judge may relieve the estate agent of his mission in the event of a clear breach in the exercise thereof. He will then appoint ano…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorised legal acts.

Article 815-7

The president of the court may also prohibit the removal of tangible movables except to specify those whose personal use he assigns to one or other of the beneficiaries, on condition that they give se…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rendering of accounts and termination of guardianship.

Article 810-7

The curator reports to the judge on the transactions carried out by him. The filing of the account shall be publicised. The curator shall present the account to any creditor or heir who so requests.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-8

When the court ruling on civil interests has awarded damages in an amount greater than the compensation awarded by the commission, the victim may request additional compensation. He or she must submit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80

The judicial police officers and, under their authority, the judicial police agents, after informing the public prosecutor and unless this magistrate objects, may extend to the whole of the national t…

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