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Showing 46714680 of 57851 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 3-2-1988 n° 86-16.158

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 713-35

Where the decision is amnestied under French law or is the subject of a pardon granted in France, the Public Prosecutor shall terminate the enforcement of the confiscation order and shall inform the c…

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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 713-34

The Public Prosecutor's Office shall terminate the enforcement of the confiscation order as soon as it is informed of any decision or measure that has the effect of depriving the order of its enforcea…

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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 713-33

Where the person against whom the order has been issued is able to show that the confiscation has been enforced, in whole or in part, in another State, the Public Prosecutor shall consult the competen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-3

For offences of the first four classes against the police of public rail transport services and regular and on-demand public passenger transport services, recorded by the agents mentioned in 4° and 5°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-3

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall observe and observe itself the principle of contradiction. It may not base its decision on pleas, explanations or documents put forward or prod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Application of the provisions concerning the right to an interpreter

Article D594-3

For the purposes of the preliminary article, interviews with a lawyer that are directly connected with any questioning or hearing, and for which the person may ask to be assisted by an interpreter, ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-3

The amount of State credits transferred to the regions under the second paragraph of Article L. 4332-1 is established, after receiving the opinion of the commission set up by article L. 1614-3, based…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition of regional and inter-regional councils and disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4132-3

The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional council is the organising council for the elections to the disciplinary chamber of first instance for the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corsica inter-region. Immed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D773-31

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article D774-31

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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