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Showing 10711080 of 55956 articles for Art. Decree 2012-118 of 30 January 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R85

Records and copies of records relating to judicial decisions, as well as bulletins no. 1, are paid for out of the appropriations allocated to legal costs. Bulletins no. 1 of the criminal record are is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions

Article R430

…a, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, the reference to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

I.-The first four classes of offences for which prosecution is extinguished by payment of a fixed fine are as follows: 1° Offences punishable under the Highway Code whether or not they result in a wit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D46-6

…n Article 559-1, the bailiff who ascertains that he has been unable to complete his steps on expiry of the period of forty-five days or within that provided for in the request of the public prosecutor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D46-6-1

Service remains valid even if it was effected after the expiry of the forty-five day period provided for in Article 559-1 or the three-month period set by the public prosecutor or the civil party.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D45-1-2

At the end of the preparatory criminal meeting, which may be held with the assistance of the clerk of the assize court, the president of the assize court shall draw up or cause to be drawn up a report…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D45-1-4-1

If justified in the interests of the proper administration of justice, the president of the judicial court or the first president of the court of appeal may decide that a hearing of the assize court h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D45-1-4

Under the last paragraph of Article 131-21 of the Criminal Code, where the Assize Court ruling at first instance or on appeal is likely to order the confiscation of property over which a person other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book II: Trial Courts

Article D46-4

The procedures for implementing service at a bailiff's office provided for by Article 558 are specified by this article. The bailiff may, at the request of the addressee, forward the copy of the writ…

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