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Showing 68016810 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-8-5

The provisions of article 529-7 of this code relating to the fixed fine with a minority are applicable to second, third and fourth class offences mentioned in article R. 48-1 (1°) with the exception o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Supervision of socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-62

The president of the national court for secure detention, the director of prison administration from the Ministry of Justice and the director general of healthcare provision from the Ministry of Healt…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R*512-9-3

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 512-9-2, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

…OUNT and number of contracts where the policyholder has been identified as deceased (article L. 132-9-2) NUMBER OF CONTRACTS settled and annual amount (article L. 132-9-2) NUMBER OF DEATHS CONFIRMED o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation of certain transactions in financial instruments

Article L621-8-2

The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers defines the terms and conditions under which the following transactions are subject to promotional communications: 1° Public offers of fin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-45

The opinion of the multi-disciplinary committee on security measures proposing placement under security surveillance or renewal of this measure is given in the light of the information contained in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-8

…referral to the sentence enforcement judge by the sentenced person in accordance with article D. 49-11 of a request for semi-liberty, work release, electronically supervised home detention, sentence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-8-2

The public health institutions and health cooperation groups mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6133-5 of this code may entrust an agent with the execution of their expenditure or revenue…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-3

Reports drawn up in the course of investigations state the nature, date and place of the findings. They are signed by the investigator and the person concerned by the investigations. If the latter ref…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-8

I.-Any contract entered into in breach of the substantive and formal rules set out in articles L. 222-2-1 to L. 222-2-5 shall be deemed to be for an indefinite period. II - Failure to comply with the…

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