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Showing 461470 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729

…at education or vocational training;2° Or their essential participation in the life of their family;3° Or the need to undergo medical treatment;4° Or their efforts to compensate their victims;5° Or th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 7

…m the day on which the offence was committed.Public prosecution of the crimes mentioned in Articles 706-16,706-26and 706-167 of this code, to Articles 214-1 to 214-4 and 221-12 of the Penal Code and i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Transport by sea.

Article 72

…f Customs measures. 2. The summary declaration must be lodged even when the vessels are in ballast. 3. The twenty-four hour period provided for in 1 above does not run on Sundays and public holidays.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Exemptions

Article 749 B

Sont exonérées du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à article 746 the transactions mentioned in the first paragraph of article 151 octies C.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Exemptions

Article 749 A

Sont exonérés du droit d'enregistrement ou de la taxe de publicité foncière prévus à Article 746 shares of built-up property, groups of built-up properties or property complexes subject to the loi n°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

In order to be able to continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70-1

As part of the monitoring obligations laid down in the therapeutic use protocol and the data collection obligations for all early access authorisations, the holder of the marketing rights for the medi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768

…g unless mention of the decision in bulletin no. 1 has been expressly excluded pursuant to article 132-59 du code pénal;2° Condemnations contradictoires ou par défaut, non frappées d'opposition, pour…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-71

…r exchange shall indicate the possibility of obtaining the information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74. Any invitation to an event for the purpose of selling or promoting one of the prod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-72

The timeshare and long-term holiday products offered cannot be represented or sold as an investment.

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