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Showing 5160 of 47439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-3-1997 n° 369

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-3

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the amount of fixed fines and indemnities, reduced fixed fines and increased fixed fines as well as the costs of setting up the case and shall specify the term…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-5 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-23)

Article Annexe 3-5

Ability test provided for in article R. 321-67 Legal subjects Voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinctions; applicable texts. Taxation. Resale rights. Intervention by the State: right of pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-5-3

In the absence of provisions to the contrary in the agreement, each partner is manager of the undivided property and may exercise the powers recognised by articles 1873-6 to 1873-8. For the administra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

On the occasion of the control referred to in the preceding article, the judge may ask the legal administrator to submit to the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court an annu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55-5

When the composition pénale includes the completion of a training period, the provisions of articles R. 131-11-1 and R. 131-35 to R. 131-45 of the Penal Code are applicable. The same applies when the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-5

In all cases provided for in this paragraph and notwithstanding the provisions of articles 550 et seq, witnesses may be summoned without delay and by any means. When they are summoned orally by a judi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-5

The committee secretariat will send a copy of the request for recusal to the member who is the subject of the recusal.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-56

The production company declares to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée pursuant to Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-50

The sums calculated, capped where applicable for works belonging to the audiovisual adaptation of a live performance genre, are not actually entered on the automatic audiovisual production account unl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-53

Pursuant to article…

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