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Showing 17711780 of 34488 articles for Art. CAA Marseille 31-3-2022 n° 19MA02901

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-38

The application for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 is examined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 811-29 and R. 811-31 to R. 811-35.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Procedures for issuing certificates

Article R3115-33

The persons or approved bodies mentioned in article R. 3115-31 shall prescribe any measures to eliminate the sources of infection or contamination that they observe.They draw up an inspection report s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1511-32

The percentage limit mentioned in the second paragraph of articles L. 2252-1, L. 3231-4 and L. 4253-1 and whose elements are defined in articles D. 1511-30 and D. 1511-31 is set at 50%.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Forced sale

Article R221-34

The sale is advertised by posters indicating the place, day and time of the sale and the nature of the assets seized. The posters shall be affixed at the town hall of the municipality in which the dis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-36

When the operator of a cinema within the scope of 2° of article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398

The criminal court is composed of a president and two judges. When a trial appears likely to involve lengthy debates, the president of the judicial court may decide that one or more additional sitting…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Modulation of sentences according to the scale and seriousness of the offence and the personality of the offender, special provisions, repeat offending

Article 369

1. Having regard to the extent and seriousness of the offence committed and the personality of the offender, the court may : a) Release the offenders from confiscation of the means of transport, excep…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33-2

Parrogation à l'article 31, the president of the court of first instance or the judge in charge of the detached section has sole authority to issue a certificate of French nationality to any person wh…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L354-3

…IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 341-48 to L. 341-51 and L. 341-52 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-36

Subject to the modification of the conditions for advertising the sale provided for by the judgment delivered pursuant to the provisions of article R. 742-28 or article R. 742-31, the forced sale is a…

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