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Showing 28112820 of 66871 articles for Art. s. 1591 and 1592 · Cass. com. 3 May 1977

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 322

The person invested with a mandate of legal representation may not defer or refer the oath without proving special authority.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 301

The defendants may agree to exercise part of the challenges, except to exercise the remainder according to the rank fixed by lot.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-31

Authorisation may be withdrawn after three months' notice on the grounds of the results of checks carried out by the bodies or departments responsible for carrying out administrative, financial or tec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-32

…he authorisation lapses if the body has not taken out the insurance mentioned in Article D. 1611-19 and opened the account provided for in article D. 1611-21.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-30

…of three years from the date of notification of the decision. It is renewable for three-year periods.Renewal of the authorisation is granted or refused following a procedure identical to that followe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Appearance of the accused

Article 320

If the accused does not comply with the summons, the president may order that he be brought before the court by force; he may also, after reading out at the hearing the report recording his resistance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 311

The assessors and jurors may put questions to the defendants and witnesses by asking the president to speak.They have a duty not to express their opinion.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 308

…on or cinema cameras, or photographic equipment is prohibited on pain of an 18,000 euro fine, which may be imposed under the conditions set out in Title VIII of Book IV.However, the proceedings of the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-35

…a qualification system, access to the consultation documents shall be provided as soon as possible and no later than the date on which the invitation to tender is sent.Where a call for competition is…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules for awarding contracts concluded on the basis of a qualification system

Article R2162-36

…he consultation documents the measures it imposes to protect the confidentiality of the information and the arrangements for access to the documents concerned.

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