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Showing 321330 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-45

…n Investigation Order, the temporary transfer of a person detained in France, the judge hearing the case may, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 694-31, refuse to execute the request if th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-44

The provisions of article 694-26 are applicable to the transfer of a person detained in the issuing State for the purposes of executing an investigation decision issued by a Member State and requiring…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-46

…ized pursuant to the first paragraph be transferred to the issuing State, the provisions of Article 694-42 shall apply. Where the issuing authority requests, in the decision, that the items seized pur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-49

…evidence to be obtained in real time, on a continuous basis and over a specified period, the practical arrangements for the measure shall be determined by mutual agreement between the magistrate to w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-19

Each expert appointed by the consular chambers mentioned in article R. 6261-16 draws up an annual activity report. This report is sent by the president of the chamber concerned to the regional prefect…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-20

…ems to be taken into account to determine prudential own funds within the meaning of Article L. 351-6 are subject to the prior approval of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The amo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-19

…st paragraph of article 93, II of article 94 and articles 97 to 99 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

I.-In application of article L. 4425-3, the President of the Corsican Executive Council presents an annual report to the Assembly of Corsica on the situation with regard to equality between women and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-190

…in the first and penultimate paragraphs of I and in the first paragraph of II of article R. 214-32-19 is raised to 50% for general-purpose professional funds.However, a general-purpose professional f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-20

An establishment or an authorised body may transfer gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations to another establishment or authorised body with a view to their preparation, stora…

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