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Showing 22012210 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 Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-6

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 4351-2, the following may practise the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator and bear the title of medical electroradiology manipulator, with…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

…mentioned in article L. 133-17 and which have a tourist population are set by decree no. 91-875 of 6 September 1991 taken for the application of the first paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-6

Visits to persons may consist of palpation or a search of their clothing, luggage and any other personal belongings, excluding any full search. With the person's written consent, they may also be test…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Service of documents from abroad.

Article 688-6

The document shall be served in the language of the State of origin.However, an addressee who does not know the language in which the document is drawn up may refuse service and request that it be tra…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-6

Subject to the exceptions provided for in Article 696-34, extradition shall be granted only on condition that the person extradited will not be prosecuted or convicted for an offence other than that f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-6

Where the Public Prosecutor or investigating judge to whom a case has been referred does not comply with a request or opinion from Eurojust, he shall inform Eurojust without undue delay of the decisio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-66

…e obtained any additional information it deems useful. Where the certificate referred to in Article 696-53 is incomplete or clearly does not correspond to an application for placement under judicial s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-67

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the habitual and lawful residence of the person placed under judicial supervision is located or the one where the person requests to re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-69

Within three working days of receipt of the request and the decisions provided for in Article 696-66, the public prosecutor shall submit the request, together with his or her submissions, to the liber…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 611-6

Videogram publishers can only benefit from aid for videographic publishing of a cinematographic work if the contract for the acquisition of the videographic publishing rights for the work has first be…

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