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Showing 33713380 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 197

…secutor notifies each of the parties and their lawyer by registered letter of the date on which the case will be called for hearing. Notification shall be made to the detained person by the head of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-34

In the cases mentioned in 1° and 2° of article 230-33, where the needs of the investigation or enquiry so require, the public prosecutor or investigating judge may, for the sole purpose of installing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-5

…company and the patient or, where applicable, the patient's relatives, legal representatives in the case of a minor or the person responsible for the legal protection measure in the case of a protecte…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

…nt holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial support for the production of feature films, within five years of 1 Janu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Provisions applicable to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article D147-43

…toring, for the duration of the withdrawal of sentence reductions that has not been served. In this case, it is not necessary to carry out a new assessment of dangerousness. The decisions provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-11-1

…conditions of form laid down by the provisions in force, using the following procedures: 1° In the case of information, in the form of files in UTF-8 compliant text format; > In the case of documents…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

…462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986, the new insurer carries out the formalities necessary for the policyholder wishing to join it…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-5

…ping of territorial authorities may not enter into an agreement with a foreign State, except in the cases provided for by law or where the agreement is intended to enable the creation of a European gr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-7

…year after the departure or death of their holder, to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations in the case of sums of money, securities and transferable securities or, in the case of other movable prope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-3

If the bench of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration considers that the case is not ready for hearing, it shall order that additional information be provided by one or more of its members for the…

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