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Showing 19311940 of 27949 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-83 du 13 Jun 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

Where, in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the investigating judge hearing the information refuses to relinquish jurisdi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-13

An agreement is signed between the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and each health care organisation on the list mentioned in article L. 6113-12. If a health care o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms of self-employed practice

Article R4321-134

…cts the professional independence of each of them.In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, agreements, contracts and amendments are communicated to the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 quinquies

…e for property tax on built-up properties.IV. - (repealed)V. - In the event of a change of operator during the period in which the allowance applies, the benefit of the allowance is maintained if the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-12

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-12 in respect of the increase in own funds provided for by the safeguard or recovery plan (number 10 of table 4-1) is set in proportion to the amount of this inc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-124

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-135

…for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 5124-11 shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by any means capable of providing a date certain by the expor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-13

…with the formalities for the forced sale 20.21 € 12 Service of the sale date on the debtor 20.21 € 13 Notification to the debtor of the unavailability of the vehicle registration certificate 32.98 €…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…aragraph of article 142-5 and in Article 142-12-1, or the electronic device provided for in Article 138-3, where this measure may be ordered in view of the nature of the offences charged. In all cases…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Institutions and services authorised to carry out banking transactions

Article L775-13

…9 Act no . 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 518-10 Act no. 2008 776 of 4 August 2008 L. 518-11 to L. 518-13 Act no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 518-14 Order no. 2019-964 of 18 September 2019 L. 518-15 to L.…

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