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Showing 23612370 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operations

Article R515-9

…3551-15 to L. 3551-21, L. 4433-4-1 to L. 4433-4-6 of the General Local Authorities Code, articles 28, 29 and 33 of Organic Law no. 99-209 on New Caledonia and articles 17, 38 and 39 of Organic Law n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 201

The investigating chamber may, in all cases, at the request of the public prosecutor, one of the parties or even of its own motion, order any additional information that it deems useful. It may also,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1546-1

…e that they have entered into a participatory procedure agreement for the purposes of preparing the case for trial, the judge may, at their request, set the date for the hearing to close the case and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 615

In the case of indivisibility with regard to several parties the appeal of one party has effect with regard to the others even if they are not joined in the cassation proceedings. In the same case, th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Reduction in the number of candidates

Article R2142-17

…n the call for tenders or in the invitation to confirm interest may not be less than:1° Five in the case of a restricted call for tenders;2° Three in the case of a procedure with negotiation or a comp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: How easements are extinguished

Article 707

…run, according to the various types of easement, either from the day when enjoyment ceases, in the case of discontinuous easements, or from the day when an act contrary to the easement is done, in th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Proceedings for judgment

Article 830

If no conciliation is established at the hearing, the case shall be heard immediately or, if it is not in a fit state to be heard, postponed to a later hearing. In this case, the Registrar shall notif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Optimisation of medical exposure to ionising radiation

Article R1333-63

…l procedure using ionising radiation, the dose or activity levels administered are established on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the research protocol prior to exposure.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-1

The case shall be reinstated at the request of one of the parties so that the judge, depending on the case, either homologates the agreement and rules on the part of the dispute that persists or rules…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-25

In the cases provided for by articles D. 45-22 and D. 45-23, a copy of the statement of appeal is given to the appellant. In the cases provided for by articles D. 45-22, D. 45-23 and D. 45-24, the sta…

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