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Showing 57515760 of 38608 articles for Art. n° 02-926 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 May 2007

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to probation with reinforced monitoring

Article D546-8

…with the time limits set out in articles D. 546-2 and D. 546-4 of this code and by articles D. 621-10 and D. 621-11 of the Penitentiary Code does not constitute a cause of nullity for summonses or ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and preparation

Article R4433-7

…which includes representatives of the local authorities and bodies listed in II of article L. 4433-10, is set up on the initiative of the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, departm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-16

Notwithstanding articles R. 5213-10 and R. 5213-12, the agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 does not require the prior opinion of the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personne…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

I.-The public prosecutor may decide to use the simplified ordonnance pénale procedure for the offences referred to in II of this article where it is clear from the criminal investigation that the char…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Liability and protection of elected representatives

Article L2123-34

Subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of Article 121-3 du code pénal, the mayor or an elected municipal official deputising for him or having received a delegation may only be convicted on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…ons or foundations whose activities or those of their directors are referred to in article 1 of law n° 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 tending to reinforce the prevention and repression of sectarian movement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Loan guarantees

Article L3231-4-1

…ax-exempt resources;3° In application of the departmental plan provided for in Article 2 of the loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en oeuvre du droit au logement;4° Pour les opérations prév…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Loan guarantees.

Article L4253-2

…ax-exempt resources;3° In application of the departmental plan provided for in Article 2 of the loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du droit au logement;4° Pour les opérations prévu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-2

…f the department; b) The representative referred to in 5° is elected from among their number by the mayors of the municipalities with more than 30,000 inhabitants in the department; c) The representat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R50-36

…ppear in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons, although this information may not be used as a search criterion; b) Successive home addresses and, where applicable, the corre…

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