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Showing 24312440 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-60

If proceedings are initiated in the cases provided for in the twentieth paragraph of Article 41-2, the file relating to these proceedings, which may include details of the measures carried out in whol…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 627

The Cour de cassation may quash without referring the case in the cases and under the conditions provided for by

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1144

The time limit for an action for nullity shall run, in the case of error or fraud, only from the day on which they were discovered and, in the case of violence, only from the day on which it ceased.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Simple livestock.

Article 1808

In the event of a dispute, the lessee is required to prove the fortuitous event, and the lessor is required to prove the fault he imputes to the lessee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-17

The investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, the devices used to administer them are supplied free of charge by the sponsor, except where the law provides otherwise.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-1

…e bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined inarticle 26 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants.II -Agents of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L511-52

…of Article 4(1)(36) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. No account shall be taken of functions performed in entities whose purpose is not prim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R6114-10

…174-18 or L. 752-1 of the Social Security Code and by the funds referred to in article 3 of order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affair…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-11 (art. A322-36)

…tion of the water surface.Photo not reproduced: You can consult the table in the OJ n° 101 of 29/04/2008 page 40088 : https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000018741712

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-25

…rts Code.Tractor pulling track map(Sectional map)You can consult the plan in the OJ n° 101 of 29/04/2008 page 40097.

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