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Showing 46314640 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 136

…es protecting individual freedom prescribed by the articles 56, 57, 59, 96, 97, 138 and 139. In the cases referred to in the two preceding paragraphs and in all cases of infringement of personal liber…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 306

…eedings shall be public, unless publicity would be dangerous to public order or morality. In such a case, the court shall declare this by a judgment given in open court. However, the president may pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Production and discussion of evidence

Article 326

…be immediately brought before the court by the forces of law and order to be heard, or adjourn the case to the next session.In all cases, a witness who fails to appear or who refuses either to take a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-2-1

If it appears that the person brought before it is a minor, the court refers the case to the public prosecutor. In the case of a minor of at least thirteen years of age, the court shall first rule, af…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-67-1

…chés financiers. The general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine the cases in which, and the conditions under which, the articles of association of a société de placemen…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2-1

…rist residence. II - The application for classification is submitted either by the co-owners in the case provided for in 1° of I of article 46 AGG bis of appendix 3 to the General Tax Code, or by the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843-4

I. - In cases where the law refers to this article to determine the price conditions for a transfer of a shareholder's corporate rights, or the repurchase of such rights by the company, the value of s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-2

…ns and may open a judicial inquiry, which may not be entrusted to a judge who has already heard the case. The public prosecutor or examining magistrate may not refer the case to a criminal investigati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-45

…n Investigation Order, the temporary transfer of a person detained in France, the judge hearing the case may, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 694-31, refuse to execute the request if th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22

The execution of a European arrest warrant shall be refused in the following cases:1° If the acts for which it was issued could be prosecuted and judged by the French courts and the public prosecution…

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