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Showing 191200 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-22

…neral may order the search for and arrest of the person concerned, including by applying Article 74-2, and his placement under extradition. Once the person has been apprehended, the Public Prosecutor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 221-6

…repertory film within the meaning of article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-2

If the document is intended for a person residing in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless notification could be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-27

When an investigation order is issued to determine whether a natural or legal person holds or controls one or more accounts with a banking or financial institution or to obtain information concerning…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 631-2

…f financial aid to technical projects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1652

The buyer owes interest on the sale price until payment of the principal, in the following three cases: If it was so agreed at the time of the sale; If the thing sold and delivered produces fruit or o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640

…ilt-up properties, business property tax and business value added tax pursuant to III of Article 1586 nonies.II. - In the absence of deliberations taken under the conditions provided for in I of this…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-6

The annulment of the marriage has no effect on the nationality of the children born of it.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-26

When a person detained on the territory of a Member State is transferred to national territory in execution of a European investigation order issued by a French judicial authority, his release may onl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-25

A person detained on national territory may only be transferred to another State for the purposes of executing a European Investigation Order if he or she consents in advance and if his or her transfe…

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