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Showing 28212830 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Civil status documents concerning soldiers and sailors in certain special cases.

Article 96-2

The effects of the marriage referred to in Article

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Recourse through the hierarchy

Article R1253-30

Decisions to grant approval, change the collective agreement and withdraw approval for an employers' group may be appealed to the authority referred to in article R. 1253-12 within one month of notifi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Offences concerning public limited companies

Article L242-30

The penalties provided for by articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-24 for chairmen, general managers and directors of public limited companies are applicable, according to their respective attributions, to mem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest with electronic surveillance and pre-trial detention

Article D32-30

When one or more of the obligations and prohibitions mentioned in Article D. 32-29 have been imposed, the victim may, if he or she expressly consents and for a specified period, be allocated a remote…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Admission to the profession

Article R811-30

…dicial administrators provided for by the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 811-7 and the multi-professional practice partnerships provided for by article L. 811-7-1-A as well as eac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-25

The Public Prosecutor shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any appeal lodged and of the grounds raised, so that that authority may submit its observations, where appropriate by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-27

…considers not to retain the property, he shall notify the judicial authority of the issuing State and give it an opportunity to comment before taking his decision..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-22

…latter. The provisions of article 173 shall then apply. The appeal does not have suspensive effect and does not allow the substantive grounds for the freezing decision to be challenged. The investiga…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-29

The investigating magistrate shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any other freezing or seizure measure of which the property concerned by the freezing order is the subject.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-24

…gating judge, about the avenues of appeal against the freezing order available in the issuing State and mentioned in the certificate..

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