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Showing 21612170 of 37271 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 4 July 2012 – no. 11-13384

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D47-11-1

The provisions of articles 706-49,706-50,706-51-1,706-52and 706-53 are applicable, where there is uncertainty as to the victim's age, where there is reason to believe that the victim is a minor.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article D71-112-1

…'outre-mer ; 3° Le titre III du livre III de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions ; 4° Le chapitre IV du titre III du livre IV de la quatrième partie relatif aux recettes des régions d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-2-11

…f the accused, to use the procedure of appearance on prior recognition of guilt pursuant to Article 495-15, it shall inform the president of the criminal court before which the case had been heard. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-12

…ttee certifying that he or she meets the conditions laid down in Articles L. 23-112-1 and L. 23-112-4.

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

Article L72-101-11

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the Assembly of Martinique may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and under the condit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article D71-113-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7124-6, the appropriations required for the operation of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council of French Guyana and, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-1

…cles 706-50 and 706-51 of this code, including before the trial hearing in accordance with articles 419 and 420, so that he can be summoned there as a civil party and not as a witness. When an investi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-11

…here applicable, to their counsel, to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2 and to their insurers, if any, who will then have a period of fifteen days in which to send…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status and their member municipalities

Article L5211-11-2

…renewal of the municipal councils or an operation provided for in articles L. 5211-5-1 A or L. 5211-41-3, the president of the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax syste…

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

Article D71-111-8

…ss presentation, by function or by nature, provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 71-111-4 is carried out between the finest level of the functional nomenclature and each of the three-digit…

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