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Showing 811820 of 1370 articles for Art. Bull. crim. n° 426

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102

…es and former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières e…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-1

For the application of Article R. 134-2, notwithstanding Article 142-3 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorité des normes comptables relating to the accounting framework for insu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-1

…ird employment plan ; 3° Persons exercising the profession of taxi operator provided for by the loi n° 95-66 du 20 janvier 1995 relative à l'accès à l'activité de conducteur ou au transport de marchan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-44

The president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of the departmental level chamber of trades and crafts verifies that the natural persons mentioned in 3° of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

Subject to the provisions of article 20-1, the following are judicial police officers: 1° Members of the national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police offi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 177

If the investigating judge considers that the facts do not constitute a felony, misdemeanour or contravention, or if the perpetrator has remained unknown, or if there are insufficient charges against…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-1

In proceedings relating to a felony or misdemeanour punishable by at least three years' imprisonment, where disclosure of the identity of a witness is likely to seriously endanger his life or physical…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-9

The Minister for the Interior (Service National de Police Scientifique) is authorised to implement the automated processing of personal data referred to in Article 706-54, known as the "fichier nation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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