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Showing 10211030 of 35908 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 27 May 2010 – no. 09-11894

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-21

Within seven days of receiving the request, the public prosecutor shall refer the matter to the territorially competent sentence enforcement judge pursuant to Article 712-10 of the request, together w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-20

…In all other cases, he shall immediately refer the matter to the Minister of Justice. The Minister may consent to the transfer of the sentence or decision if the person concerned has the nationality…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-18

…Republic of convictions or probation decisions handed down by the courts of other Member States. It may also ask the competent authority of another Member State to forward to it a request for recognit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisd…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Policing of roads and buildings (R).

Article R2512-10

…in the archaeological and artistic register of the Paris municipality (1st and 2nd categories), the mayor sets, in each case, the conditions for the fitting of nameplates in such a way as to cause the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe I-0-2 (art. A114-4)

Annex not reproduced you can consult the image in the facsimile of the JO nº 0222 of 23/09/2016, text n º 1, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000033138637

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals who must be removed to implement a decision taken by a Member State of the European Union

Article L722-9

…removal of the foreign national who is the subject of the decision provided for in article L. 615-1 may not take place before the foreign national has been given the opportunity to present observation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-71

In accordance with article 80 of the French Civil Code, deaths are recorded in a special register. This register is sent to the town hall's registry office within twenty-four hours.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-74

…ings that belonged to the deceased shall be cremated for reasons of hygiene. In this case, no claim may be made by the beneficiaries, who may not demand reimbursement of the value of these objects and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-75

…The mother or father has the same period from the date of delivery to claim the body of a child who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office.

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