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Showing 321330 of 24212 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 8 July 2008 – no. 07-16.761

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 82

The police officer will be required to forward immediately to the registrar of the place where the person died, all the information set out in his report, on the basis of which the death certificate w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 88

A judicial declaration may be made, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties concerned, of the death of any French national who has disappeared in France or outside France, in circumstan…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 89

The application is presented to the judicial court of the place of death or disappearance, if this occurred in a territory under the authority of France, otherwise to the court of the domicile or last…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 81

When there are signs or indications of violent death, or other circumstances giving reason to suspect it, burial may only be carried out after a police officer, assisted by a doctor of medicine or sur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82

In his opening submissions, and at any time during the investigation by supplementary submissions, the public prosecutor may request the investigating magistrate to perform any acts that he deems usef…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 89

Any civil party must declare to the investigating judge an address which must be located, if the information takes place in metropolitan France, in a metropolitan department or, if the information tak…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 88

The investigating judge issues an order confirming that the complaint has been lodged. Depending on the resources of the civil party, he shall set the amount of the deposit that the latter must, if he…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to declare goods in detail, customs representatives.

Article 87

In addition to the compulsory information provided for in II ofarticle 289 of the General Tax Code, the customs representative shall mention on the invoices issued for his principals the date of payme…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Mandatory nature of the retail declaration.

Article 84

1. All imported or exported goods must be covered by an accounting declaration assigning them a customs procedure. 2. Exemption from duties and taxes, either on entry or on exit, does not dispense fro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Air transport.

Article 81

1. All unloading and throwing of goods en route is prohibited. 2. However, the commander of the aircraft has the right to have ballast and mail dumped en route in the places officially designated for…

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