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Showing 151160 of 18871 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-7-2018 n° 18/00485

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Withdrawal or death of a partner.

Article 1870-1

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure for fixed fines for misdemeanours

Article A36-18

…y be made: - either by automated remote payment; - or by sending a cheque enclosed with the payment card to the accountant of the Directorate General of Public Finance; - or by international bank tran…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

…of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to the destruction obligations laid down in Title IV of Book VI of the R…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the collection of parking charges by a contracting third party

Article R2333-120-12

The contracting third party may not assign to the collection activities defined in article R. 2333-120-11 an agent who does not satisfy the conditions set out in 1° to 3° of article R. 2333-120-8. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1812

…d retail sale and circulation of absinthe and similar liqueurs, and the decrees issued for its application, are punishable, at the request of the public prosecutor, by a fine of €18,000. For persons e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1837

…x laws for omissions and concealment.III. - The articles 121-6 and 121-7 of the Penal Code are applicable to the offence specified in this article (1).

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Labelling and presentation of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs

Article R412-18

…on of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance of fresh, chilled and frozen meat of porcine,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article R4221-18

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Communication of information between temporary employment agencies and user undertakings

Article R4625-18

When the temporary worker assignment contract is signed, the temporary work undertaking and the user undertaking inform each other of the identity of their occupational health and safety service. The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 18

Judicial police officers have jurisdiction within the territorial limits where they carry out their usual duties. Officers of the judicial police, temporarily placed at the disposal of a service other…

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