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Showing 5160 of 60719 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-4-2009 n° 07-21.833

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 421-19

To qualify for enhanced development aid, production companies must meet the conditions set out in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 442-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 401, the public prosecutor and the parties' lawyers may put questions directly to the accused, the civil party, the witnesses and any persons called to the stand,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 420-1

By way of derogation from the preceding provisions, any person who claims to have been injured may bring a civil action, directly or through his lawyer, by registered letter with acknowledgement of re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 4-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 441-2)

Article Annexe 4-1

TYPICAL MODEL OF TABLES USED TO PRESENT INFORMATION RELATING TO PAYMENT DELAYS FOR SUPPLIERS AND CUSTOMERS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE D. 441-4Invoices received and issued that have not been settled by the b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-4

At the first hearing of the assisted witness, the investigating judge shall establish his or her identity, inform him or her of the initiating indictment, the complaint or the information, inform him…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-14

Contracts are awarded, depending on their value, their purpose or the circumstances in which they are concluded: 1° Either in accordance with a formalised procedure; 2° Or in accordance with an adapte…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 477-1

The future protection mandate is published by an entry in a special register, the procedures and access to which are regulated by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-4

When a trial court is called upon to rule in the cases provided for in this sub-section, it shall do so under the conditions determined by

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-4

The police and gendarmerie units may, ex officio or on the instruction of the investigating judge, apprehend any person placed under judicial supervision against whom there are one or more plausible g…

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