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Showing 22012210 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-15

…ecognised and enforced, a copy of the decision and, after having drawn up and signed it, the certificate provided for in Article 728-12.He may make this transmission at the request of the competent au…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Stimulus measures for the video publishing of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 916-37

The amount of selective grants awarded during 2020 in application of 1° and 2° of article 611-22 is subject to an increase when they have been awarded for the edition or re-edition of cinematographic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-26

The plant variety certificate is issued by the person in charge of missions under the national plant variety authority. It is issued in the name of the holder of the plant variety certificate applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Joint associations of local authorities, groups of local authorities and other legal entities governed by public law

Article L5843-3

…I of Title II of Book VII of Part Five of the present Code mentioned in Article 55-1 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia are applicable to Fren…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-53

…The procedures for applying the provisions of the first paragraph to installations completed before 22 December 2001;2° Any deadlines for bringing these installations into compliance;3° In cases where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-2

…e common to several administrations as provided for in the second paragraph of article 11 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 as amended relating to occupational health and safety and medical preventi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-26

In the case provided for in article R. 5127-18, the public prosecutor notifies the interested party that the single sample is to be submitted for expert examination and informs him that he has three c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R443-2

…chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise specified in the table below. Applicable article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-2

…n the framework of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the officers and agents of New Caledonia responsible for applying these regulations and sworn under the conditions set out in II of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-218

…eral Meeting may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds set…

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