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Showing 27512760 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6223-63

Deeds and documents intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications issued by a company referred to in Article R. 6223-62, must indicate : 1° The c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

In addition to the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1, customs officers, competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers, mining engineers and industrial and mining engineers ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

I.-Any person placed in police custody may, at their request, have a person with whom they usually live or one of their direct relatives or one of their brothers or sisters informed by telephone of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-6

The president of the court is seised by a request from the debtor setting out his economic, financial, social and asset situation, his financing requirements and, where applicable, the means of meetin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R1418-6

In addition to its Chairman, the Agency's Board of Directors comprises:1° Eighteen members representing the State and public bodies: a) Four representatives of the Ministers for Health and Social Acti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-6

I. - Pursuant to the provisions ofArticle L. 532-3-1 and without prejudice to the provisions of I ofArticle L. 531-6, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall be informed in advance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-34

The information obtained may only be used as evidence with the consent of the Member State that transmitted it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-39

When information held by the services and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 have been transmitted to them by a Member State on the basis of the provisions of Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA, they ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-36

At the request of the Member State which transmitted the information, the service or unit which obtained it shall inform the competent service of that State of the use made of it.

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