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Showing 21212130 of 3314 articles for Art. 18 déc. 2002

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-16

…lawyer may, however, ask to be granted time to prepare his defence. The provisions of articles 712-18 or 712-19 allowing the suspension of the measure or the provisional incarceration of the sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-22

…onsible for these services to carry out the operations provided for in 4° and 5° of article R. 5134-18, the latter are recipients of the data from the processing, with the exception of the registratio…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable to the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article R534-1

…e décret du 18 novembre 1924 relatif à la tenue du livre foncier da…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-2

…on appearing in certain places as provided for by article 138 of this Code or by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18° and 18° bis of article 132-45 of the Penal Code; 2° If the effectiveness of this prohibition mus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-16

…to confirm the resumption of one or more of its obligations, pursuant to articles 706-25-16,706-25-18 et 706-25-20, the following provisions shall apply: 1° The rules relating to the appointment of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

…522-1 to R. 522-25;5° Articles R. 611-23-1, R. 662-4in its version resulting from Decree No. 2016-1851 of 23 December 2016 on the appointment of judicial officers and auctioneers in certain procedur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-7

…d fourth paragraphs of article L. 324-10, I and II of article L. 324-12, articles L. 324-14, L. 324-18, L. 325-7, I and II of article L. 326-3 and articles L. 326-4 and L. 328-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-22

…Article L. 612-24 of the Monetary and Financial Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 356-18, they shall draw up written policies guaranteeing that the information disclosed meets the requir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-67

…nd economic committee draws up consolidated accounts, under the conditions set out inarticle L. 233-18 of the French Commercial Code. The accounting requirements for these consolidated accounts are se…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R3123-16

…ormation and documents relating to its capacities and skills, required pursuant to Articles L. 3123-18, L. 3123-19 and L. 3123-21 and under the conditions laid down in Articles R. 3123-1 to R. 3123-8,…

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