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Showing 591600 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

…xercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the provisions of order no. 45-174 of 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children. When they have jurisdiction to prosec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…ry under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article 6 of the Ordinance of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies;3° bis. To the Chairman and the Gene…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-17

When the convicted person is on French territory, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office shall conduct or arrange for the convicted person to be heard in order to obtain his or her oral…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…214-4, 221-1 à 221-6, 222-1 à 222-40, 223-1 à 223-15, 223-15-2, 224-1 à 224-4, 225-5 à 225-15, 225-17, 226-1 à 226-23, 227-1 à 227-27, 311-1 à 311-13, 312-1 à 312-12, 313-1 à 313-3, 314-1 à 314-3, 32…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-17

…ll be deposited with the Treasury under the conditions defined in Articles 46, 47 and 197 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…by negligence and does not represent less than three times the total price of the journey or stay. V.-The rights to compensation or price reduction provided for in this Code are without prejudice to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-17

…ivate copy levies; 2° All sums collected pursuant to Articles L. 122-10, L. 132-20-1, L. 214-1, L. 217-2 and L. 311-1 and which could not be distributed either pursuant to international conventions to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

Pursuant to the fourth paragraph of the I of Article L. 1245-5, when the elements or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 do not benefit from the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2, estab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section XI: Special provisions applicable to property damage caused by mining.

Article L421-17

…e State representative provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 155-5 of the Mining Code. V.-The guarantee fund is subrogated to the rights of the persons compensated to the extent of the su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 170 ter

…ct to the obligation to file an annual tax return under the conditions provided for in 1 of article 170 and who claims the benefit of deductions from overall income, tax reductions or credits, the lis…

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