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Showing 37413750 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-6

…ident of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in accordance with IV of article L. 212-6-2. The person qualified in sustainable development and the person qualified in regional planning a…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

…mentioned in article L. 133-17 and which have a tourist population are set by decree no. 91-875 of 6 September 1991 taken for the application of the first paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of…

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

Article 688

…y writ by the delivery to it of the document completed with the information provided for in Article 684-1 or, as the case may be, in Article 687-1, where appropriate accompanied by proof of the steps…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 621

…ligible to lodge a new appeal against the same judgment, except in the case provided for in Article 618. The same applies when the Cour de cassation declares that it has lost jurisdiction, declares th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 645

Any public custodian of documents alleged to be forged, or having been used to establish forgeries, is required, by order of the examining magistrate, to hand them over to him and to provide, where ap…

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

Article 663

…may relinquish jurisdiction if they agree. In the event of disagreement, the provisions of article 664 shall apply, where appropriate.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-61

In the cases provided for in the second paragraph of article 37 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies concerning companies adopting the status of coopera…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17

Where the Public Prosecutor's Office has been informed of the arrest of the requested person, it shall without delay send the Minister for Justice a copy of the arrest warrant transmitted to the judic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…of its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-636

…by the provisions of this section is set at sixty-seven years for practitioners born on or after 1 January 1955. As a transitional measure, the age limit applicable to these practitioners is set at :…

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