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Showing 33113320 of 60229 articles for Art. 35 I-5° bis · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-57

…ted an amount in excess of 0.5% of the dispersion base defined in the first paragraph of Article R. 332-3 and in which, on the other hand, the group to which the insurance undertaking belongs holds mo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-54

…at any time: 1° The nature and number of samples held; 2° The characteristics of the samples held; 3° The origin of the samples and how they were obtained; 4° The sample preparation procedures; 5° Th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2513-3

I. - The Marseille marine fire brigade is the fire and rescue service responsible, under the direction and on the orders of the mayor, for the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2 on the territory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-5

…ll draw up on 1 July 2016, in accordance with the regional health plan provided for in article L. 1434-3, a list of these groupings in the region or regions concerned and the public health establishme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-3

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Identification and verification of customer identity

Article R561-5-2

…r by applying at least two of the following measures: 1° Obtain a copy of a document referred to in 3° or 4° of Article R. 561-5-1; 2° Implement measures to verify and certify the copy of an official…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article D6342-5

…l representative of the Saint-Martin local authority or institution to award the public contract; > 3° A copy of the call for tenders and the invitation to the selected candidates; > 4° The consultati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-5

…request, the lawyer may consult the minutes of the hearing of the person he is assisting. Article 63-4-3 shall apply.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1-1

When, during a search in a place other than those mentioned in Article 56-1, a document mentioned in the second paragraph of the same Article is discovered 56-1, the person at whose premises these ope…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1-2

…vestigation or enquiry measures when these relate to the offences mentioned in Articles 1741 and 1743 of the General Tax Code and articles 421-2-2, 433-1, 433-2 and 435-1 to 435-10 of the Criminal Cod…

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