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Showing 26812690 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-15

…he obligations or injunctions mentioned in the sentence or probation decision, to pronounce the revocation of the suspension of enforcement of the sentence or conditional release or to pronounce and e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-15

…the request is in order, the criminal court will rule without delay on the enforcement of the confiscation order.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-5

The custodian may not delegate to third parties the functions conferred upon it by I and III of Article L. 214-175-4. Under the conditions laid down by the General Regulations of the Autorité des Marc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 C ter

Failures to comply with a declaration or notification obligation provided for in Articles 1649 AD, 1649 AE and 1649 AG result in the application of a fine which may not exceed €10,000. The amount of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-3

A groupement forestier d'investissement may merge with a société d'épargne forestière, another groupement forestier d'investissement or a groupement forestier managing an estate whose forests are subj…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-3

…visions of the first paragraph of Article L. 123-22 of the Commercial Code, the accounts of a UCITS may be kept in any currency, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-8

The Autorité des marchés financiers may obtain from the depositary, on simple request, any information obtained by the depositary in the performance of its duties and necessary for the performance of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-17-1

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects during an event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreeme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training arrangements

Article R212-10-17

…and defined by the decree governing the speciality, specialisation, option or complementary certificates, may be required for access to the courses provided for in articles D. 212-24, D. 212-27, D. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-4

The decision to release an offender on parole may be made before the date on which the sentence served is at least equal to twice the sentence remaining to be served, provided that it specifies that t…

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