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Showing 31113120 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-19-1

The conditions and forms of appeal against the decisions of the official receiver taken pursuant to articles L. 642-18 and L. 642-19 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-37

The alerts provided for in articles D. 47-1-35 and D. 47-1-36 include at least the following elements: 1° A description of the facts, including an assessment of the damage caused or likely to be cause…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Organisation

Article D4422-30-4

…ticle D. 4422-30-2 takes place within three months of the general renewal of the municipal councils and the deliberative assemblies of the agglomeration communities and the communities of communes. Wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1965 C

…request submitted within the period provided for in Article R. 196-1 of the Book of Tax Procedures and on the representation of the birth certificate, if the birth took place outside France.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-18

…g of a medicinal product which has not obtained the authorisation referred to in articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 or the parallel import authorisation pursuant to article L. 5124-13 or one of the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-19

…matters within its remit, the assembly may define the conditions under which the necessary computer and telecommunications resources are made available to its members on an individual basis.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entry on the list

Article R2122-19

…list can be consulted in the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment and their departmental units, as well as on a dedicated website created by the servic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for approval

Article R1253-19

…lication for approval to the Regional Director of Enterprise, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment for the department in which the employers' group has its registered office. Where sev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-19

…t authorisation, the committee's decision or opinion is:1° Notified by the prefect to the applicant and, if the project requires planning permission, to the authority competent to issue planning permi…

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