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Showing 421430 of 24104 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-10-1970 n° 69-11.287

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-69

The notice may mention that it will be published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-69

Orders made by the liberty and custody judge pursuant to articles 728-67 and 728-68 may be appealed to the chambre des appels correctionnels. The third paragraph of Article 194 and the sixth and seven…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approval, training and swearing-in of persons responsible for inspections.

Article R232-69

The persons responsible for testing under article L. 232-11 receive initial and ongoing training.The content of the training, the qualifications of the persons in charge and the procedures for assessi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-69

The board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall monitor the publication and communication process and the quality and reliability of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Economic warning rights

Article L2312-69

Every quarter, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the employer provides the Social and Economic Committee, under the conditions laid down in the agreement referred to in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-69

The social and economic committee draws up, in accordance with the procedures set out in its internal regulations, a report presenting qualitative information on its activities and financial managemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementing provisions

Article L3121-69

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the implementing measures for articles L. 3121-24 to L. 3121-26.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: The general meeting of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-69

The Statutory Auditors are invited, at the same time as the directors or members of the Management Board, to the meeting of the Board of Directors or the Management Board which closes the accounts for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article R421-69

The guarantee fund shall reimburse the French central office, on behalf of the French State, the sums owed by the latter for accidents for which it is liable in the countries mentioned in the first pa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-69

The amount of the advance may not exceed 90% of the sum to which the production company will be entitled when the work is included on the list of reference works. This sum is evaluated taking into acc…

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