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Showing 31513160 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

…nsulting the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia, in accordance with Article 97 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia, or the Minister for O…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-24

…rson at the trial leading to the decision, except in the cases mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article 695-22-1; 9°The sentence handed down includes a measure of psychiatric or medical care or another measur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: School transport (R).

Article R1614-67

…anised, under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 30 of law n° 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law n° 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the distribution of powers betw…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-4

…of death. The agency, company or association authorised under the conditions defined in article L. 2223-23, responsible for providing for the funeral and, if the body is transported, the town hall of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-28

…interest rate reference index which, on the date of the issue or borrowing, meets the definition in 22) of paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the C…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

I.-The situation of any convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences of a total duration of less than or equal to five years must be examined by the sentence enforcement judge with a view…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-2

…f Article L. 331-5 to betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-3

…n matters of property effects of registered partnerships;- of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and comme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

…replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° With the exception of articles L. 321-1 to L. 322-1 and L. 343-5, the words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "in the Wallis and Futuna Islan…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…mitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 are subject to the provisions of I of Article L. 533-22 of the Monetary and Financial Code, insofar as they invest in shares admitted to trading on a reg…

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