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Showing 211220 of 31856 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 14 June 2000 · Cass. com. 18 January 2011 · Cass. com. 22 March 2017 · CA Versailles 21 December 2001 · Cass. com. 11 July 2000

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

Article 185

…ge. This appeal, made by declaration to the court registry, must be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision. In the event of an appeal by the person under investigation against the comm…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the borrower.

Article 1882

If the thing lent perishes by a fortuitous event which the borrower could have secured by using his own, or if, being able to keep only one of the two, he preferred his own, he is liable for the loss…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 182

…contracted without the consent of the father and mother, the ascendants, or the family council, in cases where such consent was necessary, may be contested only by those whose consent was required, o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L783-14

…in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 187

In all cases where, in accordance with Article 184, an action for nullity may be brought by all those who have an interest in it; it may not be brought by collateral relatives, or by children born of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-22

…e the powers of the arrondissement council, the city council or the Paris council delegates, in the cases and under the conditions that it determines, to the arrondissement council the power to prepar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1837

…ve with the penalties imposed under the tax laws for omissions and concealment.III. - The articles 121-6 and 121-7 of the Penal Code are applicable to the offence specified in this article (1).

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1843

…nt and several liability if the company is commercial, without joint and several liability in other cases. A company that is duly registered may take over the commitments entered into, which are then…

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