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Showing 3140 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

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

Article 260

This list comprises, for the Assize Court of Paris, one thousand eight hundred jurors and, for the other Assize Court jurisdictions, one juror for every one thousand three hundred inhabitants, althoug…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-26

…ial territorial".The état spécial territorial is appended to the budget documents of the Commune de Paris. As part of the adoption of the latter, it is the subject of a specific debate within the Pari…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article R2512-26

Ancillary budgets comprise an investment section and an operating section. Ancillary budgets must be drawn up for services whose activity is essentially aimed at producing goods or providing services…

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

Article 262

…e judges appointed each year by the general assembly of the court, seat of the assize court; As the case may be, either the public prosecutor or his delegate, or the public prosecutor or his delegate;…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: The decision ordering the expert assessment.

Article 265

…the expert opinion: Explains the circumstances that make the expert opinion necessary and, if applicable, the appointment of several experts or the appointment as expert of a person not on one of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-26

…sponsible, in the arrondissement, for the powers vested in the mayor of the commune or the mayor of Paris in matters of civil status, school matters relating to compliance with compulsory schooling an…

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

Article 261

…up this preparatory list, persons who have not reached the age of twenty-three during the following calendar year will not be included. When the prefectoral allocation order provides for a grouping of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-26

…erritorial jurisdiction, who shall execute it after ensuring that the request is in order. In other cases, the European arrest warrant shall be executed in the light of the transmission made under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-26

…for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6211-2 as it read prior to the entry into force of Order no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biology must be made to the Director G…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261

…iness or transactions subject to another tax):1° to 3° (Repealed);4° commodity futures transactions carried out on a regulated market excluding those which determine the termination of the commodity c…

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