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Showing 10911100 of 49736 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 2 Mar. 1978 – no. 76-92008

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Rules specific to legal mortgages attached to sentencing judgments

Article 2401

The legal mortgage attached to judgments of conviction arises from contradictory or default judgments, whether final or provisional, in favour of the person who obtained them.It also arises from arbit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 201

…yet recovered. It is calculated at the last rate used to calculate the advance payment mentioned in 2° of 2 of the article 204 A. Taxpayers must, within a period of forty-five days determined as indic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

…man wishes to have recourse to preimplantation diagnosis under the conditions set out in article L. 2131-4-1, at least one doctor from the multidisciplinary team of the prenatal diagnosis centre will…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation of Livret A passbook accounts.

Article R221-2

The ceiling provided for in article L. 221-4 is set at 22,950 euros for natural persons and 76,500 euros for associations and co-ownership associations mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

…shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and related offences. For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 27

…to the Tariff Law in the state in which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them. 2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 255

Only citizens of either sex, aged over twenty-three, who can read and write in French, enjoy political, civil and family rights, and are not in any of the cases of incapacity or incompatibility listed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258

Persons over the age of seventy or who do not have their main residence in the department in which the assize court has its seat may be exempted from jury duty when they apply to the commission provid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 257

…ouncil, of the High Council of the Judiciary and of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council; 2° Member of the Council of State or of the Court of Auditors, magistrate of the judiciary, member o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-2

…of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, subject to the following adaptation:In Article L. 2222-2 applicable in its wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, 3° is replaced b…

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