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Showing 231240 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-42

Where several Member States have issued a European arrest warrant for the same person, whether for the same act or for different acts, the choice of the European arrest warrant to be executed shall be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…ompetent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. During this period, the provisions of Articles 63-1 to 63-7 shall apply. After verifying the identity of that person, the Public Prosecutor shall i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-41

…te or on the initiative of the executing judicial authority, in the manner provided for in Article 56, by the first two paragraphs of Article 56-1, by articles 56-2, 56-3, 56-5 and 57 and by the first…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-46

…er shall rule after ensuring that the request also includes the information provided for in Article 695-13 and having, where applicable, obtained guarantees with regard to the provisions of article 69…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-44

Where the European arrest warrant has been issued for the purposes of criminal proceedings, the Investigating Chamber shall accede to any request for a hearing of the requested person made by the judi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

…e to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-28 and 695-29, the first to third paragraphs of article 695-30, and the last paragraph of l'arti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-26

…light of the transmission made under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 695-15. Articles 74-2 and 230-33 are applicable to the search for a person who is the subject of a E…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-3

For a period of three years from the creation of a new commune, the provisions of Article L. 541-3 of the Education Code and the article L. 229-25 of the Environment Code do not apply to this new comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Sale of seized movable property

Article R15-33-66-3

The public prosecutor who directed the investigation or that of the court hearing the prosecution shall inform the owner of the movable property by any means of his right to restitution of the proceed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation of the agreement

Article R15-33-60-3

The request for validation of the agreement mentioned in the eighth paragraph of Article 41-1-2 shall be dated and signed by the public prosecutor. The request referred to in the first paragraph is no…

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