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Showing 4150 of 54327 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 30 October 2007 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 February 2010 · Cass. com. 3 May 2006 · Cass. com. 10 July 2012 · Cass. com. 27 January 2015

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 301

The defendants may agree to exercise part of the challenges, except to exercise the remainder according to the rank fixed by lot.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Obligations of manufacturers and merchants

Article 304

The manufacturer or dealer must enter, in a special register which may be required to be produced by the administration's agents, his successive productions and acceptances, as well as the names and r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 308

…on or cinema cameras, or photographic equipment is prohibited on pain of an 18,000 euro fine, which may be imposed under the conditions set out in Title VIII of Book IV.However, the proceedings of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter Ia: Powers and responsibilities of the Minister for Justice

Article 30

…o this end, he issues general instructions to the magistrates of the Public Prosecutor's Office. He may not issue them with any instructions in individual cases. Each year, he shall publish a report o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 309

The judge shall rule on the basis of the pleas put forward by the parties or on any pleas he or she may raise of his or her own motion.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 307

…orged. If the document alleged to be false relates to only one of the counts of the claim, a ruling may be given on the others.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Consequences of legal separation

Article 300

…ountersigned by lawyers filed with a notary, the legal separation judgment or a subsequent judgment may, taking into account the respective interests of the spouses, prohibit them from doing so.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-25

For the application of article L. 22-10-40, the information incumbent on the proxy is delivered by the proxy to the shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or, if the proxy ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-27

…upervisory board as remuneration for their activity, pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 225-83, is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…or in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a of amended Regulation (EC) No 1760/2…

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