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Showing 231240 of 37271 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 4 July 2012 – no. 11-13384

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Authorities responsible for the conduct of criminal policy, public prosecutions and investigations

Article 11

…bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and under the penalties provided for in Article 434-7-2 of the Penal Code.However, in order to avoid the dissemination of incomplete or inaccurate i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application and the divorce proceedings

Article 1109

…airs judge, seised by petition, under the conditions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 840 and of Article 841, may authorise one of the spouses to summon the other spouse to divorce and to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 116

When the investigating judge is considering investigating a person who has not already been heard as an assisted witness, the investigating judge shall make the person's first appearance in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 114

…g that he or she is aware of the provisions of the sixth paragraph of this article and of article 114-1. Where the copy has been requested by the lawyers, they may forward a copy to their client, prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 115

…itself for the absorbed company for the distribution obligations provided for in II of Article L. 214-69 of the Monetary and Financial Code. In the event of a demerger, these obligations must be assum…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1184

The provisional measures provided for in the first paragraph of article 375-5 of the Civil Code, as well as the information measures provided for in article 1183 of this code, may only be taken, excep…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Bonus points for sporting titles

Article A212-115

Bonus points are awarded to candidates for the common part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif du premier degré if they hold one or more of the sports qualifications listed in appendix II-5. Cand…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Applying for a residence permit

Article R431-11

A foreign national applying for the issue of a residence permit must submit supporting documents in support of their application, the list of which is set by decree

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Special provisions for accepted divorces

Article 1123-1

Acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it may also result from a document signed privately by the parties and countersigned by lawyers in t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: Decisions of the guardianship judge

Article 1180-15

The case is heard and decided in chambers.

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