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Showing 891900 of 32118 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 8-6-2007 n° 05-10.727

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-86

…o run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-86

…st approved by the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'article 19 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. The proposed transfer is notified to the company and to each of the m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-8

For the application of article L. 351-7 in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° In article L. 314-6, the words: "75,000 euros" are replaced by the words: "8,950,000 CFP francs"; 2° In article L. 314-14,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-6

…on or a search of their clothing, luggage and any other personal belongings, excluding any full search. With the person's written consent, they may also be tested for substances or plants classified a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Special rules for international notifications.

Article 688-6

The document shall be served in the language of the State of origin.However, an addressee who does not know the language in which the document is drawn up may refuse service and request that it be tra…

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

Article 689-6

For the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-6

When the surveillance provided for in Article 706-80 is to be prosecuted in a foreign State, it shall be authorised, under the conditions provided for by international conventions, by the public prose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 628-2 or 628-3 by which an examining magistrate decides whether or not to relinquish jurisdiction or the Paris examining magistrate decides whether or not he ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-6

Subject to the exceptions provided for in Article 696-34, extradition shall be granted only on condition that the person extradited will not be prosecuted or convicted for an offence other than that f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-6

Where the Public Prosecutor or investigating judge to whom a case has been referred does not comply with a request or opinion from Eurojust, he shall inform Eurojust without undue delay of the decisio…

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