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Showing 39213930 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-6

The application for approval is composed as follows: 1° An application for approval signed by the association's legal representative; 2° The association's SIRET number, its identifier in the national…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71

In the interests of the proper administration of justice, audiovisual means of telecommunication may be used in the course of criminal proceedings, if the magistrate in charge of the proceedings or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-78

The order made pursuant to article 706-77 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7

…eillance may be executed one year before the end of the probationary period provided for in article 729 or one year before the date on which the conditional release provided for in l'article 729-3 is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7°: Remuneration of the posthumous representative

Article 775 quinquies

The remuneration of the mandataire à titre posthume, definitively determined within six months of the death, is deductible from the assets of the estate up to a limit of 0.5% of the managed estate ass…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12-2

The approval granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in application of article R. 212-12 specifies: 1° The technical specifications from which derogations are ma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-7

The general criteria for allocating or proposing to allocate housing are set by a decision of the City Council after consultation with the arrondissement councils, within the framework of the regulati…

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

Article 706-73-1

This Title, with the exception of Article 706-88, shall also apply to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the following offences:1° Offence of swindling in an organised gang, provide…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 797

…om death duties under the following conditions:1° The properties in question are undivided within a cadastral parcel;2° The total value of the properties in question is less than €5,000 when they cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-4

…in the Conseil d'Etat. When the order referred to in the same first paragraph has been made in application of article L. 3211-12-1, an opinion issued by a psychiatrist from the establishment receiving…

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