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Showing 49714980 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-2

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where, in the cases defined below, either no applications or no tenders have been submitted within the prescribed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17-1

…facilities under the conditions set out in the first four paragraphs of Article L. 2511-16. In the cases provided for in the second paragraph of this article, the expenditure and revenue of each dele…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Service of documents abroad.

Article 684

…whose habitual residence is abroad shall be delivered to the public prosecutor's office, except in cases where a European regulation or an international treaty authorises the bailiff or the registry…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-1

…t and several liability, if the company is commercial, without joint and several liability in other cases. The same applies to a partner who, by his interference, has led the other contracting party t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 665

The transfer of a case from one court to another may be ordered on grounds of public security by the criminal division, but only at the request of the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation. Refe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-3

…n sentence incurred, under the terms of that law, is equal to or greater than two years, or, in the case of a convicted person, when the sentence passed by the court of the requesting State is equal t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-68

…and the certificate, the competent authority of the issuing State consults the public prosecutor in cases where, pursuant to 2° of Article 696-52, recognition of the decision is subject to the consent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-2

…ot benefit from the reductions in sentence mentioned in article 721 of this code only up to, in the case of a felony, three months per year of incarceration and seven days per month for a period of in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Deductibles, exclusions from cover, forfeiture and recourse by the insurer.

Article R211-10

…ns of Article L. 211-1, the insurance contract may contain clauses excluding cover in the following cases:1° Where, at the time of the claim, the driver is not of the required age or does not hold the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-49

…e protest in default of acceptance or in default of payment; 3° For presentation for payment in the case of a clause of return without charge, the bearer forfeits his rights against the endorsers, aga…

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