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Showing 381390 of 49525 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 2-2-2005 n° 135

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formation and scope of the bond

Article 2301

The person who undertakes to provide a legal or judicial guarantee must be sufficiently solvent to meet the obligation. If this guarantor becomes insolvent, the debtor must substitute another guaranto…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7227-25-2

…the volume of rights that he/she acquires each year under articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 of this code and article L. 121-37-1 of the New Caledonian Loca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R6153-2-2

I.-A provisional nominative duty roster organises the time to be spent by the intern in training and outside training. The practitioner in charge of the host unit, in conjunction with the specialty co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judgment

Article D45-2-2

Where the total term of imprisonment, including any revocation of a suspended sentence, is more than one year, the criminal court which does not issue a warrant for arrest or detention pursuant to Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-25

Where the acts were not committed on the territory of the issuing State and fall within the jurisdiction of the French courts, the public prosecutor may decide to reduce the amount of the financial pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-29

Unless an agreement between France and the issuing State stipulates otherwise, sums recovered pursuant to this section shall be charged to the budget of the French State. The public prosecutor shall i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-21

The public prosecutor shall, if necessary, convert the amount of the financial penalty at the exchange rate in force on the date on which the financial penalty was imposed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-23

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, enforcement of a financial penalty shall be refused in any of the following cases:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-28

The Public Prosecutor shall terminate the enforcement of the financial penalty as soon as he is informed by the competent authority of the issuing State of any measure or decision which has the effect…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D48-20

Where the public prosecutor is considering applying the provisions set out in 1° of Article D. 48-22 or 4°, 6° and 7° of Article D. 48-23, it shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State…

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