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Showing 17211730 of 34507 articles for Art. 7 May 1998

French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 792-2

…te accepted by one or more heirs purely and simply and by others up to the amount of the net assets may bring about the partition provided that they justify difficulties in recovering the share of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-12

…tages of the proceedings, whether they have referred the matter to the commission set up by Article 706-4 and whether, if so, it has awarded them compensation. Failing this indication, the nullity of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-3

…ment of the fine does not preclude the exercise of appeals.The notices provided for in this article may also be issued to the sentenced person by the court clerk or the clerk of the enforcement office…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-23

…hapter. This decree specifies the conditions under which the expert opinion provided for by article 712-21 may not be ordered, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, either because of the existe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-1

Confiscation orders which may give rise to transmission to or enforcement in another State are those which confiscate property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, as well as any legal instr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-33

Enforcement of the sentencing decision may be refused in the following cases: 1° The sentencing decision is based on offences committed wholly, mainly or for the most part on French territory or in an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-20

When the sentenced person is on the territory of the executing State, the public prosecutor may ask the competent authority of that State, when forwarding the sentencing decision and the certificate,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-7

…ôle prudentiel et de résolution, together with the information defined by order. This authorisation may only be granted to a legal entity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-7

…uly 1984 and 1 January 1991 to provide them with assistance in accompanying and installing patients may, after passing an aptitude test, participate in the performance by these doctors of radiodiagnos…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-7

…5-88 of the Commercial Code must contain, in addition to the information listed in articles 92 or 117 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies, an indication of the amounts paid t…

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