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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 672

Any application for the first president of the court of appeal to be disqualified must be the subject of a request addressed to the first president of the Court of Cassation who, after obtaining the o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 674

None of the judges or councillors referred to in Article 668 may not disqualify himself ex officio without the authorisation of the first president of the court of appeal, whose decision, made after c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647

An application to register a forgery against a document produced before the Court of Cassation shall be addressed to the First President. It is filed at the court registry. It is signed by the applica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 669

The accused person, the defendant, the accused and any party to the proceedings who wishes to challenge an examining magistrate, a police magistrate, one, several or all of the judges of the criminal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-1

The First President shall rule within one month of the lodging of the application at the registry, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor.He shall issue an order rejecting the applicatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

…be challenged for the following reasons: 1° If the judge or his spouse or his partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabitee are relatives or allies of one of the parties or of his spouse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-2

…petition is limited due either to monopoly situations or lasting supply difficulties, or to legislative or regulatory provisions, a decree in Council of State may regulate prices after consultation wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L410-1

…r their legal form and method of financing, which carry out production, distribution and service activities, including those carried out by public bodies, in particular under public service delegation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-10

…rest of the notifying parties or the persons cited in ensuring that their business secrets are not divulged.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-1

…concentration within the meaning of this Article. III. - For the purposes of this Title, control derives from rights, contracts or other means which confer, either alone or jointly and having regard t…

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