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Showing 35613570 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-26

…fication or retraction, the court clerk shall notify the debtor of the decision. If this is not the case, the clerk of the court shall transmit the case file with the statement of appeal and a copy of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-62

…by a material error or omission that is not likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, he may, by order made within one month of notification to the parties, make the corrections th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-32

…vision.A copy of this transmission is sent to the sentence enforcement judge for information.In the case of a convicted offender whose conditional release has been revoked, particularly in the event o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Procedures for exercising the right to the assistance of an interpreter and the translation of certain documents in the proceedings

Article D594-6

…judice to the possibility for the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court hearing the case to order, of its own motion or at the request of the person, the translation of a document cons…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedural rights of economic operators

Article R4314-17

…opportunity to comment within an appropriate period which may not be less than ten working days. In cases of urgency with regard to health and safety requirements or other grounds of public interest p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Declaration of provision of services

Article R4112-9

…hat accompany it. The temporary and occasional nature of the provision of services is assessed on a case-by-case basis, in particular according to its duration, frequency, periodicity and continuity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-38

…that accompany it.The temporary and occasional nature of the provision of services is assessed on a case-by-case basis, in particular according to its duration, frequency, periodicity and continuity.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-11

…c prosecutor or handed over to a judicial police officer or a customs agent authorised underarticle 28-1 of the code of criminal procedure, the documents and objects seized are passed on to them. III…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Optional provisional enforcement

Article 515

…request of a party, whenever the judge considers it necessary and compatible with the nature of the case. It may be ordered for all or part of the decision.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 484

…order is a provisional decision given at the request of one party, the other present or called, in cases where the law confers on a judge who is not seised of the main proceedings the power to immedi…

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