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Showing 921930 of 28496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-7-1990

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-6

I. - The following are qualified to carry out, within the scope of their respective powers, the investigation and recording of breaches of the provisions of the articles of this subsection and the reg…

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

Article 706-75-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 380-1, in the event of an appeal against a decision of an assize court whose territorial jurisdiction has been extended to the jurisdi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to water production

Article L2224-7-7

The measures provided for in the action plan mentioned in article L. 2224-7-6 are intended to avoid, reduce or eliminate pollution of any kind or to limit its transfer to water resources, without prej…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-12

In the event of infringement of the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-7

Measures concerning the increase in the security period, conditional release or suspension of sentence which do not fall within the jurisdiction of the sentence enforcement judge are granted, postpone…

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

Article 706-78

The order made pursuant to article 706-77 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7

The sentence enforcement judge may provide that the sentence will be served under the regime of home detention under electronic surveillance defined by the Article 132-26 of the Criminal Code either i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article L123-11

Any legal entity applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register must provide proof of enjoyment of the premises or premises where it sets up, alone or with others, the registered office…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-11

If the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, the revision of the rent may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be requested whenever, as a result of the operation of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-11

The fact that a broker is entrusted with a brokerage transaction for a matter in which he had a personal interest, without informing the parties to whom he will have acted as intermediary, is punishab…

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