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Showing 47514760 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 793

…g by the Pre-Trial Judge. The lawyers are summoned to the hearing by the Pre-Trial Judge. In urgent cases, one party may, by notification between lawyers, invite the other to appear before the judge o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Universal legacies.

Article 1005

Nevertheless, in the same cases, the universal legatee shall have the enjoyment of the property included in the will, from the day of death, if the request for delivery has been made within one year,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal clause in return for compensation.

Article 1511

…at the survivor of either of them, or one of them if he or she survives, or even one of them in all cases of dissolution of the community, shall have the option of taking certain community property, o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules specific to farm leases.

Article 1777

…ther facilities for the consumption of fodder, and for the harvests remaining to be made. In either case, one must conform to the use of the premises.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-12

…quest directly shall forward it for execution, with his opinion, to the investigating judge. In the case provided for in Article 694-4, the public prosecutor shall refer the matter to the public prose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-7

…r the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are competent to issue, in the same cases and under the same conditions, freezing orders relating to property or evidence located on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-64

…the Code of Judicial Organisation. However, no request for an opinion may be submitted when, in the case concerned, a person is remanded in custody, under house arrest with electronic surveillance or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-16

…to facilitate the social rehabilitation of the sentenced person. Such consultation is mandatory in cases other than those referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 728-11.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-50

…iate objectives for the credit units;- exemptions and equivalences with other qualifications.In the case of a multidisciplinary qualification, the diploma may be awarded for an option.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jumping sessions

Article A322-154

…the maximum wind speed on the ground may not exceed that set by the parachuting federation. In all cases, it may not exceed eleven metres per second.

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