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Showing 26212630 of 8951 articles for Art. 13 March 2001

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-33

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the information communicated by the issuing Member State in the European arrest warrant is insufficient to enable it to rule on the surrender, it shall requ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Manufacture and import of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-46

…Area when it has been manufactured by an establishment not authorised under Article 44 of Directive 2001/82 of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products. This con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-5

…rdination group, the Community arbitration procedure provided for in articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. Where France is the reference Stat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or, where applicable, the Autorité des marchés financiers shall cooperate closely with the other competent authorities to ensure that the sanctions…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Injunctions to perform

Article L238-3-1

…in their company name in breach of the provisions of Article 11 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European company (SE) to change that company name.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R121-6

…the State and the public establishment in accordance with the provisions of article 140 of law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 relating to new economic regulations. In particular, this contract sets out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import procedures

Article R5138-8

The written confirmation referred to in article R. 5138-7 is not required when the active substances imported come from a country on the list provided for in article 111b of Directive 2001/83/EC of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17

Where the Public Prosecutor's Office has been informed of the arrest of the requested person, it shall without delay send the Minister for Justice a copy of the arrest warrant transmitted to the judic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

The Public Prosecutor's Office at the investigating, trial or enforcement court that has issued an arrest warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant either at the request of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

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