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Showing 721730 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Measures prior to placement under electronic surveillance

Article R57-14

…ritten agreement of the owner, or of the holder(s) of the lease for the premises where the receiver may be installed, is obtained under the conditions determined by the provisions of article R. 622-4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-14

In the event of an auction on the reiteration of bids occurring during the course of the order and even after the final settlement, the liquidator shall amend the statement of collocation, the amount…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-142

Subject to the provisions of specific decrees, the selection test is organised in the form of one or more level assessment tests under the responsibility of the regional director of youth, sport and c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-9

The court shall rule on the application for recovery. It shall hear, within the limits of its jurisdiction of attribution, the initial claim and all incidental claims and defences on the merits. In th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-14

…ies shall be compensated on the basis of national solidarity by the Office mentioned in Article L. 1142-22 under the conditions laid down in the second sentence of the third paragraph of Article L. 31…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Admission to trading

Article L421-14

…ate of the European Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, it may be admitted to trading on a regulated market without the issuer's consent. In this case, the mar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-14

…y order of the President of the Court, which is communicated to the Public Prosecutor. Remuneration may not be linked to the amount of debt waivers obtained or be subject to a fixed fee for opening th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-2

…ications submitted to him pursuant to Articles 2 and 5 of the aforementioned Order. II. - The judge may not rule on these applications before the sixteenth day following the date on which the decision…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-14

…al health and prevention service. However, a company or establishment, regardless of its workforce, may have its employees monitored by a company occupational health and prevention service in the foll…

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