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Showing 46114620 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-1

…h the authorisation of the public prosecutor or investigating judge, or the trial court hearing the case may designate any qualified natural or legal person, with a view to carrying out the technical…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-106

…ral Meeting of shareholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, may organise a consultation of the shareholders referred to in Article L. 225-102 in or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…her means of proof that the person concerned was aware of the increased fixed fine. However, in the case of a traffic offence, the claim is no longer admissible after a period of three months if the n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-1

…tion of the public prosecutor in charge of the investigation or the investigating judge hearing the case, who shall notify the public prosecutor's office in advance, ask any civil servant or public ag…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

…by him or appointed ex officio at his request by the President of the Bar be allowed to consult the case file. The file is then made available to the lawyer at the latest within fifteen days of the re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative police measures

Article L521-2

…may be advertised in accordance with conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. In this case, the trader is informed of the nature and terms of the planned publicity during the adversarial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L6241-5-1

…cians, or to the disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Order of Pharmacists in the opposite case. If the number of medical biologists and pharmacist biologists is the same, the complainant wil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-136

…onditions set out in article R. 22-10-7. The provisions of article R. 22-10-8 are applicable in the case of contributions in kind.In the case of the issue of preference shares to designated shareholde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D43-4

…fore the Chamber. The request must be declared to the clerk of the examining magistrate hearing the case. It is recorded and dated by the clerk, who signs it together with the applicant or his lawyer.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D45-2

…ision, decide to issue a committal order, with immediate or deferred effect, if the elements of the case justify a particular security measure, when:-the accused is not in custody at the time the judg…

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