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Showing 16211630 of 45674 articles for Art. Cass. 3ème civ. 7-3-2007 n° 06-12.568

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-23

Where the confiscation order relates to a sum of money expressed in a foreign currency, the criminal court converts the amount to be confiscated into euros at the exchange rate in force on the date on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-16

If it deems it useful, the criminal court will hear the convicted person and any person with rights to the property that has been confiscated, if necessary by means of a rogatory commission. These per…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-24

Subject to the provisions of the following four paragraphs, the criminal court may neither apply measures that would replace the confiscation order, nor modify the nature of the confiscated property o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-12

The criminal court, at the request of the public prosecutor, has jurisdiction to rule on the enforcement of a confiscation order issued by a court in another Member State.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-29

The convicted person may appeal against the decision authorising the execution of the confiscation in France. The person who holds the property that is the subject of the confiscation order or any oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-7

Selling blood or labile blood-derived products at a price different from that set by the order issued for the application of article L. 1221-9 is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 7,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-7

I. - The Enforcement Committee shall be convened by its Chairman when it is acting in plenary session, and by the Chairman of the relevant Section in other cases. It may only deliberate in the presenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-7

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 653-3 to L. 653-6 and L. 653-8, the matter is referred to the court by the judicial representative, the liquidator or the public prosecutor. In the collective…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R326-7

When it is granted approval under the conditions mentioned in Article L. 134-3, the collective management organisation shall publish the following information on its website without delay, in a dedica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-63

The request for consent referred to in 7° of Article 728-62 shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the competent authority of the sentencing State. It must include the information provided for in A…

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