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Showing 311320 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-3-1

…yer appointed ex officio by the President of the Bar shall be informed of this request by any means and without delay.The lawyer may also be appointed by the accused person or persons pursuant to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-6

The reimbursement of revenue wrongly collected includes:1° The reimbursement of amounts collected in accordance with the procedures defined for each service by the contract or the regulations applicab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

I. - Stools and faecal microbiota preparations may only be imported from a State in which the donor selection, tests and analyses mentioned in the rules of good practice provided for in article L. 513…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-6

…o account. The notice is sent to the company. It is brought to the attention of the General Meeting and recorded in its minutes. The Special General Meeting may appoint one or, if the Articles of Asso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-30

…d person, releasing the freezing order, he shall notify the judicial authority of the issuing State and give it an opportunity to comment.Release of the freezing order by the judicial authority of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Changes of forenames and surnames.

Article 61-3-1

…of his or her birth certificate for a change of name to one of the names provided for in the first and last paragraphs of article 311-21. Without prejudice to article 61, this choice may only be made…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary suspension of the right to practise for professional incompetence

Article R4124-3-6

…id down by the decision. In this case, the council decides that the practitioner is fit to practise and informs the authorities who were notified of the suspension. If it appears that the obligations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…ets shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by the judicial authority that ordered the measure and containing the following information: 1° Identification of the judicial authority that issued, v…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-3

…nt of the election of community councillors provided for in article L. 273-6 of the electoral code, and provided that the resulting vacancy in the deliberative body of the public establishment for int…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for simple adoption

Article 370-1-6

A child previously adopted by a single person, in the simple or plenary form, may be adopted a second time, by the other member of the couple, in the simple form.

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