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Showing 731740 of 28708 articles for Art. 25 May 1993

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R*211-25

…n the case of vehicles belonging to a foreign State, the evidence provided for in article R. 211-23 may be replaced by the production of a certificate stating that the vehicle belongs to that State an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-25-1

…ance for a period of at least ten years on the day of this handover. The aforementioned time limits may be extended once, by reasoned decision, for a period of three months.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-25-1

…or obtaining these diplomas and the conditions under which persons claiming professional experience may be awarded this diploma as part of the validation of acquired experience procedure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-25

…called, have presented their observations on the priority question of constitutionality. The court may, however, rule without taking the observations of the public prosecutor and the parties if it is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-25

…criminal proceedings and, if a final decision has been handed down, the nature of that decision. It may provide any other relevant additional information.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-25-2

…g its head office in that Member State to the rules set out in Articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27, it may issue reservations to the group supervisor, in the absence of a joint decision taken with the ot…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-25-1

…ned in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25-1

I. - The department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request information from the funds set up pursuant to 9° of Article 53 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 relating to the amount, origin an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Private security guards

Article R15-33-25

…f usage rights, each of them submits an application under the conditions set out above. The prefect may give a global ruling on these applications and issue a single authorisation for all the territor…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Organisation, operation and control of the guarantee fund.

Article R421-25-1

…irman, directors and managing director is set by the articles of association governing the fund and may not exceed five years. When convened for the first time, the Board's deliberations are valid onl…

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