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Showing 34013410 of 64807 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 1-2-2012 n° 10-22.863

French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to samples taken for the purposes of investigating offences

Article R512-16-2

Authorised officials may order, where applicable under the conditions set out in article L. 512-16, of goods in order to submit them to controls.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European Investigation Order by the French judicial authorities

Article D47-1-2

Any European investigation order issued by one of the judicial authorities mentioned in Article 694-20 is drafted using the form set out in Annex A to Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 on the Europ…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-1-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may invite the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

A société de financement spécialisé is a specialised finance company incorporated as a société anonyme or a société par actions simplifiée. The company shall indicate its status as a specialised finan…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article L716-2-1

The application for a declaration of invalidity may relate to some or all of the goods or services for which the contested mark is registered. An application for a declaration of invalidity may be bas…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-2

The system of charges that may be levied by communes, départements or regions for the occupation of their public domain by water supply and sewerage works is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-22-1

For the application of III of article L. 228-12, the Board of Directors or the Management Board, or by delegation one of the persons mentioned in article L. 225-129-4, shall draw up a buyback notice w…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-1

The Monitoring Committee referred to in Article L. 1313-6-1 may be consulted by the Director General of the Agency on : 1° The conditions of applicability of risk management measures with regard to ma…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-26-1

The release provided for in the second paragraph of article 712-18 automatically entails the postponement of the sentenced person's sentence.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-25-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article 712-22, the enforcement courts may lift a prohibition referred to in this article, even if this prohibition does not result from the conviction for which t…

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