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Showing 411420 of 41614 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 3 Feb. 2004 – no. 03-80784

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-35

…tories shall use the methods of analysis or testing defined in Article 11 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 as amended on official controls…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

…es of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the civil action

Article 375-2

Persons convicted of the same crime shall be jointly and severally liable for restitution and damages. In addition, the court may, by special reasoned decision, order that an accused person who has su…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The adopted person

Article 344

…Wards of the State for whom the family council for wards of the State has consented to the adoption;3° Children judicially declared abandoned under the conditions provided for in articles 381-1 and 38…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…f the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-3

The right to obtain documents or information from third parties as defined in Article L. 8113-5-2 is exercised, in the context of an investigation into one or more offences constituting illegal employ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-3

…competent minister. In the absence of an agreement within twelve months of the publication of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021, the procedures for exercising the right of termination are set by decre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-20

If the departmental criminal court considers, during or after the hearings, that the facts before it constitute a crime punishable by thirty years' imprisonment or life imprisonment, it refers the cas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-39

…24-96 and to the texts adopted for its application is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for a natural person and 15,000 euros for a legal entity. This fine is imposed under the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-3

In the cases referred to in the previous article, no one may repudiate French nationality unless he proves that he has by descent the nationality of a foreign country.

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