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Showing 28112820 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article L430-7-1

…n-depth examination of the transaction under the conditions set out in Articles L. 430-6 and L. 430-7. II. - Within a period of twenty-five working days from the date on which it received the decision…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-51-1

Any minor who is the victim of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 shall be assisted by a lawyer when heard by the investigating judge. If the minor's legal representatives or ad hoc admin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-30-1

Where the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article 99-2 is applied to narcotic substances seized in the course of the proceedings, the investigating judge must retain a sample of these products i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-7

…nancial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The procedures for managing programme authorisations, commitment authorisations and related payme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L72-101-7

…nancial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The procedures for managing programme authorisations, commitment authorisations and related payme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

…of the sentence enforcement judge has been convicted of a crime or an offence mentioned in article 706-47, this judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, order that a copy of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L732-7

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L733-7

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-71

…shall present, in a report attached to the report mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, their observations on the report referred to, as the case may be, in article L. 225-37 or ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-7

The collection, excluding contentious procedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the detai…

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