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Showing 27112720 of 29730 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 10-7-1996 n° 1265

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-64

Companies must declare to the Autorité des marchés financiers the transactions they intend to carry out pursuant to the provisions of article L. 22-10-62. This declaration is deemed to have been made…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758

When the surviving spouse receives all or three quarters of the property, the ascendants of the deceased, other than the father and mother, who are in need benefit from a claim for maintenance against…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Representation.

Article 754

We represent predeceased persons, we represent renouncers only in successions devolving in the direct or collateral line. Children of the renouncer conceived before the opening of the succession from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 741

The sentenced person is required to appear, whenever requested, before the sentence enforcement judge under whose supervision he is placed. In the event of non-compliance with the obligations, the pro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-4

Any person who has not been registered with the Autorité des marchés financiers may not provide the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2. Any person who is not registered as a provid…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-10-1

When committed as a repeat offender under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article 132-11 of the French Criminal Code, or as part of a group, entering or remaining in the competition…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 75

If it is contended that the court seised at first instance or on appeal lacks jurisdiction, the party raising this objection must, on pain of inadmissibility, state the reasons on which it is based an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 72

When the public prosecutor and the investigating judge are simultaneously at the scene, the public prosecutor may request the opening of a regular investigation to be referred to the investigating jud…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 796

In the case referred to in Article 789, the appeal in cassation lodged against the judgment rejecting the application for rehabilitation shall be heard and determined without fine or costs. All proced…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article L54-10-3

Before carrying on business, providers of the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2 established in France or providing such services in France, shall be registered by the Autorité des…

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