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Showing 981990 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-20

…osecutor requests that his appeal be declared suspensive under the conditions defined by article L. 3211-12-4, he shall notify the statement of appeal, together with his reasoned request, without dela…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-20

…a receipt for the lodging of a complaint for the offence of identity theft provided for in article 434-23 of the Penal Code. The public prosecutor shall check that the conditions for admissibility of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-20

…In all other cases, he shall immediately refer the matter to the Minister of Justice. The Minister may consent to the transfer of the sentence or decision if the person concerned has the nationality…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and procedures for bringing cases before the court

Article R249-20

…d under extradition detention, the declaration must be made to the Public Prosecutor's secretariat; 3° Where the applicant has been sentenced, the declaration must be made to the clerk's office of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-1

…to an amount set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and not admitted to trading on a regulated market may be consolidated notwithstanding any legislative or statutory provision to the contrary. Such gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-12

…ees themselves, the information relating to the company concerned mentioned in 2° of Article D. 214-32-7-10, within the period mentioned in Article D. 214-32-5; or2° Provides the AIF unitholders or sh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-20

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may set the limit on overtime at up to one third of the weekly or monthly working time provided for in the part-time…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to paediatric surgery

Article R6123-206

The paediatric surgical care activity referred to in 2° of the I of article R. 6123-202, consists of the surgical care, defined in the first paragraph of article R. 6123-201, of children under the age…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-2

The approval decision provided for in article L. 612-29-1 is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-20

…hall be notified to the managers of the clearing house or the operator of the system inspected, who may submit their observations, which shall be reflected in the final report. The recommendations mad…

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