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Showing 8190 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-7

…ocedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the details on the same invoice. In the event of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Sports federations with a specialised commission for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-15

The list of federations whose specialised commissions for equivalent degrees award equivalent degrees is as follows: Union des fédérations d'aïkido; Fédération française de judo, jujitsu, kendo et dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special conditions for the "geriatrics" option

Article D6124-177-15

Depending on the patient's clinical condition, the authorisation holder offers each patient treatment in at least three of the following therapeutic practices: -masso-physiotherapy; -ergotherapy; -die…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-171

…urt or Juvenile Court declares that it does not have jurisdiction on the grounds set out in Article 706-170, it shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action as it sees fit; it may, after…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-179

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those mentioned in Article 706-176 may, for offences falling within the scope of the same Article 706-176, request the investigating judge to relin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-7

The effects on French nationality of annexations and cessions of territories are governed by the following provisions, in the absence of treaty stipulations.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-7

…following are not considered to be items of equipment of a structure within the meaning of articles 1792, 1792-2, 1792-3 and 1792-4 items of equipment, including their accessories, whose sole function…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-178

…vestigating judge and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court mentioned in Article 706-176 exercise, throughout the jurisdiction determined pursuant to that same article, concurrent j…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-174

For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules relating to the composition and operation of the assize court are set out in article 698-6.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-170

…the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167 and do not fall within its jurisdiction in any other respect, this magistrate shall declare…

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