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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 546

…ght to appeal also belongs to the accused and the person civilly liable. This option belongs in all cases to the civil party as regards his civil interests only. In cases prosecuted at the request of…

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

Article 567-2

…ppeal handed down in respect of pre-trial detention must rule within three months of receipt of the case file at the Court of Cassation, failing which the person under investigation is automatically r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-109

…specialised court seised shall remain competent, regardless of the incriminations retained when the case is settled or judged. However, if the acts constitute a contravention, the investigating judge…

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

Article 712-7

…d, refused, withdrawn or revoked by reasoned judgment of the sentence enforcement court hearing the case at the request of the sentenced person, at the request of the public prosecutor or on the initi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-146

…which the seizure became enforceable. The balance of the proceeds of the sale is consigned. If the case is dismissed, the case is not pursued or the accused is acquitted, or if the penalty of confisc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-3

…nt of aid granted for the same work may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 432-7

…d decision to submit the following to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° In the case of a grant awarded under 1° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-11

…e General Meeting may decide to distribute sums deducted from the reserves available to it. In this case, the decision shall expressly indicate the reserve items from which the deductions are made. Ho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L662-2

Where justified by the interests at stake, the court of appeal may decide to refer the case to another court with jurisdiction within the court's jurisdiction, or to a court mentioned in article L. 72…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L811-13

…ed from performing his duties by the judicial court of the place where he is established. In urgent cases, provisional suspension may be ordered even before criminal or disciplinary proceedings have b…

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