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Showing 53615370 of 44169 articles for Art. 4 Oct 1996 — RJDA 3/97 n° 431

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-4

…yos being received by another couple or another woman under the conditions set out in articles L. 2141-5 and L. 2141-6;2° Their embryos being the subject of research under the conditions set out in ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-4

…fter receiving the opinion of the commission for authorisation to practice mentioned in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2 and on the basis of a file, individually authorise nationals of a Member…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416 bis A

…interventions are designed to enable the commission of one of the offences referred to in articles 414, 414-2, 415 and 459, by modifying, deleting or otherwise altering a record stored or kept by mea…

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French Customs CodeIn force
C. - Third class

Article 416 bis B

Any failure to comply with the obligations set out in article 65 quater is punishable by a fine of €10,000 per software package, application or cash register system sold or per customer for whom a ser…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions relating to accountants

Article L1874-3

…e words: "responsible for enforcement under the Code de procédure civile de la Polynésie française";4° In the first paragraph of 3°, the words: "des régions, des départements," are deleted;5° In the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4-2

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public electricity distribution network structures are set by the general council under th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-4-1

The fees payable each year to a department for the temporary occupation of its public domain by work sites on public electricity transmission network structures are set by the general council under th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-47

…s and judicial police agents of the national gendarmerie and police respectively mentioned in 2° to 4° of Article 16 and in article 20, customs and tax officials authorised to carry out judicial inves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-4

…lution, the Banque de France shall ensure the security of the clearing houses defined in Article L. 440-1 and the settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments.III. - The Banque de France…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms and conditions of judicial supervision

Article R17-4-1

…includes the obligation set out in 8° of article 138, the provisions of articles R. 131-3 to R. 131-4-1 of the Penal Code are applicable. The certificate they contain serves in lieu of a receipt..

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