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Showing 391400 of 43993 articles for Art. al. 3 · Cass. 1re civ. 14 March 2018

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-5

…ng or refusing such authorisations may be appealed in accordance with the last paragraph of Article 145-4-2.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-1

Release may also be requested in any case by any person under investigation, any defendant or any accused person, and at any stage of the proceedings.When a trial court is seised, it is responsible fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-4

…to the investigating chamber, which shall rule in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 148 (last paragraph).

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-6

…vestigating court hearing the case or to the registrar of the court with jurisdiction under article 148-1. It must be recorded and dated by the registrar, who signs it together with the applicant or h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 147-1

…e procedures set out in this code, provided that the conditions for this measure set out in article 144 are met.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-8

…ion intends to refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber pursuant to the provisions of Articles 140, third paragraph, 148, sixth paragraph, or 148-4, his request is made, in the forms provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Breach of contract.

Article L1237-14

…tribunal (Conseil des prud'hommes), to the exclusion of any other contentious or administrative appeal. Any legal action must be filed, failing which it will be inadmissible, before the expiry of a pe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article L212-14

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-14

…and transparent procedure;2° It is based on objectively verifiable and non-discriminatory criteria;3° The conditions for obtaining it are set by a third party over whom the economic operator applying…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-14

Natural persons guilty of the offence referred to in article L. 572-13 shall also be liable to the following additional penalties:1° A ban on civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the pro…

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