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Showing 50715080 of 24570 articles for Art. Cass. com. 18 June 1996 · Cass. com. 11 February 1992 · Cass. com. 28 June 1994

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-31

…tion of credit institutions and investment firms set out in articles L. 613-25 to L. 613-30 and L. 211-10 do not apply to legal proceedings opened before 29 June 1999.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XI: Special procedures

Article 864

…d, where applicable, by a correction for family expenses, provided for by article 3 of order no. 92-1147 of 12 October 1992 relating to legal aid in criminal matters in the overseas territories. "

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Specific procedures

Article 900

…ted where applicable by a correction for family expenses, provided for by article 3 of order no. 92-1143 of 12 October 1992 relating to legal aid in criminal matters in Mayotte. "

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals prohibited from returning to French territory

Article R613-7

…a decision prohibiting their return are those that apply, under Article 7 of Decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010 relating to the wanted persons file, to cases where the reason for registration in this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative management of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police tasks

Article R15-33-12

…prosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l'article 28-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R351-8

…314-5 with the exception of its 1°, R. 314-6 to R. 314-9 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 314-10 to R. 314-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 314-19 Result…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…onal Council of Universities for health disciplines and article 6 of decree no. 92-70 of 16 January 1992 as amended relating to the National Council of Universities. When the structure for receiving t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-17

…ables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011, as amended, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D8-2

…l authority designated by Article 40(5) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985.It is also the national authority responsible for verifying requests for access to the EUR…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…and of the Council of 4 July 2012, No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014, No 600/2014 o…

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