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Showing 701710 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

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 Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65

1° Customs officers with at least the rank of controller may demand to see papers and documents of any kind relating to operations of interest to their department, whatever their medium;a) in railway…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-40

The decisions of the Disciplinary Chamber of first instance and the orders of its president become final on the day following the expiry of the time limit for appeal if no appeal is lodged. Where an a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 : Acts subject to the combined formality of registration and land registration

Article 647

I. - Registration and land registration formalities are merged for deeds published in the real estate register and deeds relating to rights registered in the Mayotte land register, excluding the liens…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Telehealth in the workplace

Article R4624-41-4

The healthcare professional shall ensure that the videotaped visit or examination can be carried out under satisfactory sound and visual conditions that guarantee the confidentiality of the exchanges.…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
III: Remuneration paid to managers and members of certain companies

Article 62

Salaries, lump-sum reimbursements of expenses and all other remuneration are subject to income tax in the name of their beneficiaries if they are allowed as a deduction from profits subject to corpora…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 612

The usufructuary, or universal, or by universal title, must contribute with the owner to the payment of debts as follows: The value of the land subject to usufruct is estimated; the contribution to de…

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

Article 61

The judicial police officer may forbid any person to leave the scene of the offence until the end of his operations. He may call and hear all persons likely to provide information on the facts or on t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 618

Contradiction of judgments may also, notwithstanding the provisions of article 605, be invoked when two decisions, even if not rendered at last instance, are irreconcilable and neither of them is subj…

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