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Showing 25012510 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-35

The sentence enforcement judge who, in the case provided for by Article 712-8, considers modifying a measure on its own initiative or receives a request for modification from the sentenced person, com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-34

…he subject of a rendering of accounts. These statements mention for each mandate: the number of the case in the register, the name of the case, the name of the mandating court or the capacity of the m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-44

In the case of payment deadlines granted to a debtor, sued by virtue of a court decision or an enforceable deed or title, the service appearing under number 204 of table 3-3 gives rise to the collecti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 154 bis

…the same code made into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-13 or article L. 224-28 of the same code or into a French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-20

…e and the populations of the old communes in the previous year by an amount of between €64.46 and €128.93 per inhabitant depending on the increasing population of the new commune. This allocation is c…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Institution of proceedings.

Article 857

…before the date of the hearing, failing which the summons will lapse automatically by order, as the case may be, of the president or of the judge hearing the case, or, failing this, at the request of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1009-3

The first president or his delegate shall, unless he finds that the case has lapsed, authorise the case to be reinstated on the court's roll on proof that the contested decision has been enforced. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-18

…egister management department, which shall immediately rectify or delete the data, depending on the case. It is the responsibility of the public prosecutor to inform the register management department…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article D611-9

…ments may lend to the groupings is requested by the latter after written agreement, formulated on a case-by-case basis, from the member companies in question. Any nominative information provided remai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-73

…pporting documents that must be sent in accordance with the provisions of this section;3° Except in cases where the company sends all its shareholders a proxy or postal voting form or the single docum…

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