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Showing 191200 of 24585 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 24-9-2008 n° 07-19.710

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-24

The expert opinion provided for by article 706-115 may be entrusted to an expert psychiatrist or to a doctor on the list provided for by article 431 of the Civil Code. In both cases, the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Investment services providers

Article L775-24

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable to nationalisation operations

Article 248 B

…150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the securities received in exchange, the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-2

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-1

When fixed-rate fines, reduced fixed-rate fines and increased fixed-rate fines apply to a legal entity, their amount is quintupled.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-24

The employer shall send the authorised body the sections of the single simplified declaration by electronic means or by electronic data interchange under conditions defined by joint order of the minis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article R313-24

When the borrower wishes to make use of the option to substitute the insurance contract provided for in Article L. 313-30 after the loan offer referred to in Article L. 313-24, the borrower sends the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable to nationalisation operations

Article 248 A

…resulting from the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation Act n° 82-155 of 11 February 1982 is not taken into account in determining taxable income for the financ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article 223-24

The distribution company has a period of one year from the actual release of the cinematographic work in cinemas to provide the financial documents justifying all the financial investment of the distr…

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