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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R286

For the application of article R. 51-1, the references to registration in the "trade and companies register" and the "register in which liens and security interests are registered" are replaced by ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-53

The services listed in Table 5 of Article Appendix 4-7 give rise to the collection of fees set in accordance with the respective provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section.These emoluments are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative and tax formalities

Article A444-172

The services listed under numbers 196 to 211 of the table referred to in article A. 444-53 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-57

In the event of cessation of activity of an establishment mentioned in Article R. 4211-53 authorised to manufacture advanced therapy medicinal products intended for use in research mentioned in Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article A123-53

The chronological register provided for in Article R. 123-98 is kept using a computerised process. For the application of article R. 123-101-1, the Registrar shall certify the identity of the informat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-53

The representatives of the staff working on the site of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne known as the "Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne" who are elected to the board of…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-53

The committee of experts comprises :1° The director in charge of cinema at the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representative;2° The director in charge of audiovisual at the Cent…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: "Socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality

Article A212-53

The organisation of the "socio-educational or cultural activities" speciality of the Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport is set out in the relevant Order of 20 November 2006.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 732-1

Where the person has been sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the crimes referred to in Article 706-53-13 and has been conditionally released with a care order, the regional secure detention cou…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-15

The decision to impose a detention order is taken by the regional detention court with territorial jurisdiction. This court is composed of a chamber president and two councillors of the court of appea…

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