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Showing 16111620 of 52040 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 May 2018 – no. 16-23627

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-2

…civil court with jurisdiction pursuant to article L. 217-6 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire may conduct or arrange for the conduct of any useful hearings and investigations, without being able…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory inspection

Article D225-164-1

…over excluding tax are determined in accordance with the fifth and sixth paragraphs of Article D. 123-200. The company is no longer required to appoint a statutory auditor if it has not exceeded the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-1 A

…are active or retired and who have had the status of judicial police officer during their activity may, after updating their knowledge and once it is established that they meet the conditions of expe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…ore the criminal courts, a civil action relating to an offence that constitutes an act of terrorism may only have as its object the initiation of public proceedings or the support of such proceedings.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-2

If there is a risk that the convicted person may find himself in the presence of the victim or the civil party and if, in view of the nature of the offences or the personality of the person concerned,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16-1

Without prejudice to article L. 5211-56, the communauté de communes may, by agreement with the territorial communities or public establishments concerned, entrust the creation or management of certain…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-16

…cts of terrorism, thereby hindering his or her rehabilitation, the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court may, at the request of the Anti-Terrorism Public Prosecutor, order, for the sole purpose of preventi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-166-1

…capital associated with its corporate form, pursuant to Article L. 224-2 or Council Regulation (EC) no. 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company, below which the share capital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

The person liable for the development tax may obtain total or partial discharge, reduction or refund: 1° If the constructions are demolished by virtue of a decision of the civil judge; 2° In the event…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…per year.As of 1 January 2019, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana and the Department of Mayotte and, as of 1 January 2020, the Department of Reunion, are no longer eligible for the fund me…

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