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Showing 50815090 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-13

The Chairman of the Commission or the Assessing Magistrate shall hear the case; he may conduct or cause to be conducted any hearings and investigations that may be useful. However, if it is clear from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-24

…anded in, and the original or a copy is sent without delay to the registry of the court hearing the case.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Compensation in the event of dismissal, discharge or acquittal

Article R249-8

…exercise the appeal shall be brought to the attention of the assigning accounting officer. In this case, the latter shall execute the decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-3

…the outcome of his/her complaint and the procedures for appealing against any decision to close the case, as provided for in Article 40-3 of this Code. A document setting out these various rights is m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-17

…g due after deduction of the amount of the deposit.In the event of a decision to acquit, or, in the case provided for in the last paragraph of Article 495-21, of sentencing to a penalty other than a f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services.

Article R353-1

…assing for banking and financial services as defined in article L. 341-1, with the exception of the cases mentioned in the seventh paragraph of this article, failing to provide the person canvassed wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-21

…vant departmental council of the national order of doctors, dental surgeons or midwives, or, as the case may be, to the relevant regional or central council of the national order of pharmacists.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article D443-4

…e sold under a private label within the meaning of article R. 412-47 of the Consumer Code, in which case this minimum period is set at six days.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-66

The president of the Conseil national des sapeurs-pompiers volontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for medical students

Article D1511-55

…arties in the event of non-compliance with their contractual commitments, with the exception of the cases referred to in article D. 1511-56. The Regional Health Mission and the State representative in…

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