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Showing 5160 of 25098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 17-10-1968 n° 66-13.711

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 664

No service may be made before six o'clock and after twenty-one o'clock, nor on Sundays, public holidays or non-working days, except by permission of the judge in case of necessity.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 662

If, in the cases provided for in Articles 659 and 660, it is not established that the addressee has actually been notified, the judge may prescribe any additional steps ex officio, except to order the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VI: Transfers from one court to another

Article 663

Where two investigating judges, belonging to the same court or to different courts, are simultaneously seised of related offences or different offences in respect of which the same person or the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 661

The parties concerned shall be served with the judgment settling the dispute. The latter may, except in the case where communication of the application has been ordered, lodge an opposition to this ju…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract and compulsory information

Article L312-66

Where the revolving credit is accompanied by a card entitling the borrower to benefits of any kind, the credit agreement shall indicate to the borrower the terms and conditions under which this card o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Customs controls on postal consignments.

Article 66

1. For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences provided for in this Code, customs officers shall have access to the premises of postal service providers and express freight compani…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-17

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officers referred to in Article L. 225-53 is determi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

Any judge or adviser may be challenged for the following reasons: 1° If the judge or his spouse or his partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabitee are relatives or allies of one of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article R22-10-17

The publication referred to in Article L. 22-10-13 shall contain the following information: the name or corporate name of the person directly or indirectly concerned, the nature of his relationship wi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Incidental claims.

Article 66

An intervention is an application the object of which is to make a third party a party to the proceedings between the original parties.When the application emanates from the third party, the intervent…

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