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Showing 37513760 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-4

The decision ruling on the claim for compensation is given by the court at the same time as the decision ruling on the public action, unless the state of the case does not allow the amount of the comp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-7

Payment of compensation is made on the basis of the decision of the court that awarded it. When the decision makes the compensation payable by the civil party, the compensation is ordered as an advanc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-6

The claimant or the public prosecutor may appeal, within ten days of notification, against the decision on the claim for compensation when it emanates from a criminal court ruling at first instance. T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-90

…rt or the judge delegated by him shall be assisted by a court clerk. The articles D. 49-13 to D. 49-17 and D. 49-18 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-92

The decision taken by the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him pursuant to the second paragraph of article 713-47 must, in the absence of provisional incarceration of the sent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2573-35

…ticles L. 2251-2 to L. 2251-3-1 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia from 1st January 2012 subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II. - For the application of Article L. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…in the right-hand column of the table in I: ARTICLES IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 1121-1 Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022 L. 1121-2 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-3 Order no. 2016-80…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article 694-14

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to requests for mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-42

The Banque de France shall inform any banker concerned of any cheque-writing bans resulting from the application of Articles L. 131-73 or L. 163-6, no later than the second working day following recei…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-43

The Banque de France shall provide bankers, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions, at their request, with information relating to cheque payment incidents recorded…

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