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Showing 22612270 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-18

…e for the economy shall specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 511-15 to L. 511-17. In particular, he shall set the terms and conditions under which : 1. Decisions to withdraw autho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-26

…ice shall provide the competent authority of that State with the certificate referred to in Article 728-12 within seventy-two hours.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-32

…ced person is neither in France nor in the sentencing State; 3° The conditions laid down in Article 728-11 are not fulfilled; 4° The conviction relates to offences for which the convicted person has a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-33

Enforcement of the sentencing decision may be refused in the following cases: 1° The sentencing decision is based on offences committed wholly, mainly or for the most part on French territory or in an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-62

…stodial or restrictive measure is applied during the proceedings in respect of the offence charged; 4° The convicted person is not liable to a custodial sentence or measure involving deprivation of li…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

…the person to a custodial sentence or security measure as enforceable on French territory. Articles 728-37 to 728-39 and 728-42 to 728-44 are applicable. For the application of these same articles, th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-61

If the sentenced person is on the territory of the sentencing State, he or she will be transferred to French territory on a date set by the Minister of Justice in agreement with the competent authorit…

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

Article 728-66

…ay not be placed in detention or under house arrest with electronic monitoring pursuant to article 142-5 only if the remaining sentence to be served is two years or more, except in one of the cases me…

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

Article 728-67

…o grant them, he may subject the person to one or more of the obligations provided for in Article 138.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-53

The decision of the Criminal Appeals Chamber may be appealed to the Supreme Court. Article 568-1 and the first paragraph of article 567-2 shall apply.

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