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Showing 17311740 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XVIII: Costs and expenses.

Article 696

The losing party shall be ordered to pay the costs, unless the judge, by reasoned decision, charges all or part of them to another party.The conditions under which a party receiving legal aid may be c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-4

The confiscation order or certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the second subparagraph, be transmitted by the competent authority of the issuing State directly to the competent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

…l and is not time-barred; 8° A statement that the person subject to the confiscation order has been duly notified of the proceedings brought against him or her and the procedures and time limits for a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-3

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-1

Confiscation orders which may give rise to transmission to or enforcement in another State are those which confiscate property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, as well as any legal instr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Transmission of information on health events to the national focal point

Article R3115-69

Operators of means of transport and persons working at a point of entry and appearing on the list mentioned in article R. 3115-8 are required to report to the regional health agency, via the coordinat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Transmission of information on health events to the national focal point

Article R3115-68

The regional health agency immediately forwards reports of serious, unexpected or unusual health events that meet one of the following criteria to the national focal point for the Minister for Health:…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

I.-The provisions of Chapter II of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-6

Any application for the release or modification of judicial supervision or for release must be declared to the registrar of the investigating court hearing the case or to the registrar of the court wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Payment service providers

Article L521-7

…ent and of the Council and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties. To this end, it may in particular receive, by any means, complaints relating to infr…

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