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Showing 6170 of 42073 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 29-3-1995 n° 702

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-3

In accordance with the provisions of article 706-135 of this code, the regime for involuntary hospitalisation ordered by a court pursuant to this article is, with regard to the conditions for lifting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 6: Suspension of the procedure for examining applications for business authorisations provided for in article L. 752-1-2

Article R752-29-3

When an application for authorisation to operate a business has been submitted to the departmental commission for a project mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 752-1-2, the president of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-20

The members of the commission mentioned in 2° of article R. 15-33-29-18 and their alternates and, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° and 4° of the same article, the representatives of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-6

The members of the committee referred to in 2° of Article R. 15-33-29-5 and their alternates as well as, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° to 6° of the same article, the representatives o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-27

An individual file concerning the activities of the judicial environmental officer is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29-2

Authorisation may be withdrawn at any time by the Prefect if the holder ceases to fulfil one or more of the conditions set out in article 29-1 or if it fails to comply with the provisions of l'article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Agents de police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de surveillance de Paris and agents de la ville de Paris chargé d'un service de police (municipal police officers, rural wardens, Paris surveillance officers and Paris city police officers)

Article R15-33-29-4

The officers and officials mentioned in article R. 15-33-29-3 without delay to the mayor or, in the case of Paris surveillance officers, to the Prefect of Police and, through the intermediary of the j…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of tax officials entrusted with certain criminal investigation duties

Article R15-33-29-13

An individual file concerning the activities of each tax services agent authorised to carry out judicial police missions is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the Paris court of app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

Environmental judicial officers are appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-28

The public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located, after collecting, where app…

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