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Showing 38513860 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: The decision ordering the expert assessment.

Article 272

…th of the decision.If he grants the application, the first president shall fix the day on which the case is to be heard by the court, which shall be seised and rule as in matters of procedure on a fix…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-2

…asoned order to rectify this error by referring the accused to the competent criminal court. If the case is referred to the assize court, the time limits set out in article 181 are then applicable. If…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8

…ts, the units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholders, as the case may be, and at the net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may be. The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-34

…ts, the units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholders, as the case may be, and at net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may be. The prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-3

…pt where he is the manager or management company of the company, and in that capacity only. In this case,article L. 222-6 of the Commercial Code does not apply. Acts of management do not include, in p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-10

…of this land may require the owner of the source to acquire the occupied or denatured land.In this case, the compensation is set in accordance with the provisions in force for expropriation in the pu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-10

In the cases provided for in article R. 321-8 and in the first paragraph of article R. 321-9, the land registry mentions the deed or deeds that have not been published alongside the copy of the previo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 551

…able person, or as a witness.If it is issued at the request of the civil party, it mentions, in the case of a natural person, his surname, forenames, profession and real or elected domicile and, in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-1

…that the offender be referred to the Criminal Court must rule within three months of receipt of the case file at the Cour de cassation. The applicant for judicial review or his lawyer must, on pain of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-38

…or where it could not be carried out under a similar national procedure, the magistrate hearing the case shall, wherever possible, have recourse to any other investigative measure that makes it possib…

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