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Showing 40914100 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 Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-15-1

…ork of the Resolution College.He reports to the Resolution College.II. - The Director of Resolution may, under the same conditions as in the second to fourth paragraphs of Article L. 612-24, require a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-70

The person is immediately released and the electronically monitored house arrest or judicial supervision is terminated if enforcement of the sentencing decision is refused or if the sentencing State w…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-11

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-11

The mediator has a period of three months in which to carry out his task, from the date of receipt of the request or, where applicable, from the date of receipt of the observations of the party or par…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article LO6221-11

…Council; b) A quarter of the members of the Territorial Council on a set agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same Territorial Councillor may not submit more than one request for a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Meetings.

Article LO6321-11

…Council; b) A quarter of the members of the Territorial Council on a set agenda, for a period that may not exceed two days. The same Territorial Councillor may not submit more than one request for a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 115

The judge may, at any time and even of his own motion, terminate the assignment of the person so appointed; he may also proceed with his replacement.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article L4132-15

A regional councillor unable to attend a meeting may give a voting delegation for that meeting to another member of the regional assembly. A regional councillor may receive only one delegation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-15

I.-The General Rapporteur shall, at their request, communicate the information or documents that he holds or that he collects to the authorities of the Member States of the European Union exercising c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-15

The Labour Inspector may, notwithstanding any criminal proceedings, refer the matter to the court in summary proceedings in order to obtain an order to put an end to the unlawful employment of employe…

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