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Showing 30913100 of 41812 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-3-2023

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-35

The request for transmission drawn up, pursuant to Article 695-9-33, by the departments or units mentioned in Article 695-9-31, shall contain the information listed in the model in Annex B to Framewor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Conciliation and Referral Office, Judgement Office and Summary Jurisdiction Division

Article R1423-35

Depending on the case, the adjudication committee comprises:1° In its ordinary composition as referred to in Article L. 1423-12, two councillors representing employers and two councillors representing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-32

The recovery or collection service listed under number 129 of Table 3-1 gives rise to the collection of a fee set as follows:

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-3

The youth employment agreement referred to in 1° of Article L. 5134-2 specifies in particular : 1° A description of the activities envisaged; 2° The number of positions and the nature of the employmen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-35

Where a patent application is divided in accordance with articles R. 612-33 and R. 612-34, each divisional application must comply with the provisions of articles R. 612-3 to R. 612-5. The provisions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article R15-35

The natural person or legal entity, depending on whether it wishes to be authorised to carry out personality investigations within the jurisdiction of the judicial court or that of the court of appeal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article D6145-31

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may object to the draft statement of projected income and expenditure if it is not drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 6145-11 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-36

The investigation decision shall be executed in accordance with the formalities and procedures expressly indicated by the issuing authority, unless the law provides otherwise and provided, on pain of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-38

Where the investigative measure requested is not provided for in this Code or where it could not be carried out under a similar national procedure, the magistrate hearing the case shall, wherever poss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-39

The judge hearing the case may refuse the assistance of the authorities of the issuing State in the execution of the investigation decision on national territory only if it appears likely to reduce th…

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