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Showing 12511260 of 28297 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-7-2016 n° 15-12370

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-52

During the investigation and information, the hearing of a minor who is the victim of one of the offences referred to in Article 706-47 shall be the subject of an audiovisual recording. Under the same…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article L175-7

Where the insured value of the aircraft is an agreed value, the parties mutually forbid each other any other estimate, unless the insurer establishes that there has been fraud on the part of the insur…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Protection granted to a minor

Article L561-7

If the search for the members of the unaccompanied minor's family has not begun when protection is granted to him or her under asylum, it will be carried out as soon as possible. In cases where the li…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 757-3

By way of derogation from article 757-2, in the event of the predecease of the father and mother, the property which the deceased had received from his ascendants by succession or gift and which is in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-5

If a committal or arrest warrant is issued, custodial sentences may be immediately adjusted, under the conditions set out in this Code, without waiting for the sentence to become enforceable pursuant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1

In the event that a sentence handed down abroad is enforced in the territory of the Republic, the reductions in sentence granted prior to the enforcement of the sentence in France shall be retained by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediators responsible for facilitating the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article R324-7

The duration of the mediation may not exceed three months from the date of receipt of the joint request or the date of the last notice of receipt in the case provided for in the last paragraph of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-7

The appropriations required for the operation of the regional economic, social and environmental council and, where applicable, for the carrying out of its studies are the subject of a separate entry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-10

Before transmitting the sentencing decision or the probation decision and the certificate, the public prosecutor may consult the competent authority of the executing State. Such consultation is mandat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Election and composition

Article L7224-7

In the event of the seat of President of the Executive Council of Martinique becoming vacant for any reason whatsoever, its functions shall be temporarily exercised by an Executive Councillor, in the…

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