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Showing 23412350 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-75-1

…jurisdiction is extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal, the public prosecutor and the first president, after consulting the public prosecutor and the president of the judicial co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-79-1

…eal, within whose jurisdiction there is a court with jurisdiction pursuant to Article 706-75, leads and coordinates, in consultation with the other public prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdictio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-7

…de, which is reproduced below:Art. 511-19-2 -The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros:"1° Conserving embryos or embryonic stem cells without having obtained on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-7

I.-Title VI of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations set out in II.Article L. 1161-2 is applicable in the version resulting from Order No. 2020…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-15

…e year, or for whom, in the event of a combination of sentences, the total of the prison sentences handed down or remaining to be served is less than or equal to one year, shall benefit, as far as pos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-16

By way of derogation from the provisions of article 723-15, in the event of an emergency motivated either by a risk of danger to persons or property established by the occurrence of a new fact, or by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-18

Where the sentenced person has to serve a remaining sentence that is less than or equal to the sentence reductions that may be granted, the sentence enforcement judge may grant this measure without th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to released prisoners

Article 723-17

…rovided for in the first paragraph of Article 712-6, even if he or she has previously been refused, and this referral suspends the possibility for the public prosecutor to enforce the sentence subject…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 780

…ensuring that the proceedings are conducted fairly, in particular that the pleadings are exchanged and the exhibits communicated on time. He may hear the lawyers and give them any useful information.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 781

The Pre-Trial Judge shall set, as and when required, the time limits necessary for the hearing of the case, having regard to the nature, urgency and complexity of the case, and after seeking the opini…

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