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Showing 111120 of 27850 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 June 1972 – no. 70-11987

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: Applications for relief from prohibitions, disqualifications, incapacities or publication measures

Article 702-1

…application relates to a disqualification, prohibition or incapacity ordered pursuant to Article L. 626-6 of the French Commercial Code, the court may only grant relief if the interested party has mad…

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

Article 706-16

The acts of terrorism incriminated by Articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code, as well as related offences, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according to the rules of this Code subject t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-174

…ity, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the assize court are set out in article 698-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4412-70

…for the early detection of abnormal exposures resulting from an unforeseeable event or an accident; 6° Application of procedures and methods for measuring the agents, in particular for the early detec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-70

…y not hold more than 10% of the shares or units of a UCITS or an AIF covered by paragraphs 1, 2 and 6 of sub-section 2, paragraph 2 or sub-paragraph 1 of paragraph 1 of sub-section 3 of this section w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…vided for by 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1333-9 and articles L. 1333-11, L. 1333-13-1 à L. 1333-13-6 and L. 1333-14 of the Defence Code; 2° Offences relating to biological or toxin-based weapons prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73

…s of trafficking in human beings provided for by the articles 225-4-2 to 225-4-7 of the Penal Code; 6° Aggravated crimes and offences of procuring provided for by the articles 225-7 to 225-12 of the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-70

…duties in respect of which they have been appointed. The term of office of the members mentioned in 6°, 7° and 8° of article D. 6431-69 is four years. They may be reappointed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

…h shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and related offences. For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-176

…r the investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgment of the offences provided for in articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20 and 222-20-1 of the Penal Code in cases that involve multiple victi…

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