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Showing 24412450 of 4242 articles for Art. 21 January 1997

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

…nsistency of methods and independence of financial periods defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financial year to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…hose jurisdiction the person resides, so that the latter can decide, in accordance with article 495-21 either waive the prosecution, in which case it shall notify its decision to the author of the req…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Consultation of automated data processing for the purposes of customs controls

Article 67 sexies

…sion mentioned in the first paragraph:1° The data mentioned in I of article 6 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties;2° Data relating to goods…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L2223-44

Communal and inter-communal undertakers in existence on 9 January 1993, the date of publication of the loi n° 93-23 du 8 janvier 1993 modifiant le titre VI du livre III du code des communes et relativ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Ia: Airport Nuisance Compensation Fund

Article 1648 AC

I. - With effect from 1st January 2000, a compensation fund for airport nuisance in the communes bordering Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and a compensation fund for airport nuisance in the communes…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2423

…by the signatory of the certificate of identity provided for in articles 5 and 6 of the decree of 4 January 1955; a decree in the Council of State determines the conditions of form with which the form…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-3

…he same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-9 and L. 511 10 Order no. 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 511-11 Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-12-1 Order no. 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

…4-1 and L. 234-1 to L. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code and the article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming. The decisions of the Public Prosecutor provided…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the customs debt defined in Articles 5(18), (20) and (21) of that Regulation, shall be extended to five years in the cases provided for in Article 103(2)…

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