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Showing 34113420 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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730

…granted by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures laid down by l'article 712-6. In other cases, conditional release is granted by the sentence enforcement court in accordanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…that it is impossible to implement one of these measures with regard to the requirements of article 707. If the situation of the convicted person is not examined in accordance with the provisions of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775

…criminal records applicable to the same person, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions, convictions with an exemption from sentence or an exemption from educational measure…

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

Article 74

…police officer of his choice.Unless they are registered on one of the lists provided for in article 157, the persons so called shall swear an oath in writing to assist justice in honour and in good co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 778

The president shall refer to the oral hearing those cases which, on the basis of the lawyers' explanations and in view of the submissions exchanged and the exhibits communicated, appear to him to be r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-7-1-A

For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 631-7, the chairman shall have the court clerk summon the debtor, the judicial representatives and the auditors to the hearing and shall notif…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-7

…rough its deliberations, regulates the affairs of the laboratory. In particular, it deliberates on: 1° The general conditions of organisation and operation of the laboratory; 2° The programme of activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventing obesity and overweight

Article R3232-7

…onnement et du travail. This order complies with the provisions of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on the provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions relating to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1

Article R6152-700

…section shall remain applicable only to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1 in service on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Jurisdiction in the event of war, mobilisation, a state of siege or a state of emergency

Article 700

In the event of a state of siege or declared state of emergency, a decree in the Council of Ministers, made on the report of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible…

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