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Showing 57615770 of 6040 articles for Art. 11 déc. 1996

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D591

…graph of Article 99 ;9° Applications by an assisted witness to be examined, provided for by Article 113-6 ;10° Requests for a copy of the investigation file provided for by the fourth paragraph of Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…at may be received as well as the nature of the duties that justify them.Notwithstanding article L. 1111-6 of the present code, local elected representatives acting as representatives of local authori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…17-1 of the same code or by venture capital companies mentioned in article 1-I of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature or by venture capital…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-12

…r the conditions and in accordance with the procedures referred to in Articles L. 621-10 and L. 621-11. Where the premises visited are located within the jurisdiction of several courts and simultaneou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-10

…"obligations de financement de l'habitat" or bonds referred to in II ofArticle 13 of Law 85-695 of 11 July 1985 , as well as the list of "obligations foncières", "obligations de financement de l'habi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

…58% from €1,500,001 to €4,700,000. 63.3% from €4,700,001 to €7,800,000. 67.6% from €7,800,001 to €11,000,000. 72% from €11,000,001 to €14,000,000. 83.5% above €14,000,000. This tariff applies to cas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: France Compétences

Article L6123-5

…y decree ;2° Paying funds to the regions to finance apprentice training centres, under article L. 6211-3, in accordance with the procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, adopted after consu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-9-1

I.-The provisions of I, II, III and IV of article D. 1er-13 are applicable to transmissions of information made pursuant to article 706-47-4. II.-The list of professions and activities exercised by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-9

…contract (provided within one month), flat rate independent of the number of pages 4.05 € 4.05 € MD 11 Copy of documents annexed to the subscription contract (supplied within one month), flat rate ind…

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

Article R48-1

…ode , with the exception of articles R. 3315-4 and R. 3315-5, and punishable under: a) Articles R. 211-14 and R. 211-21-5 of the Insurance Code relating to compulsory insurance of land motor vehicles…

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