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Showing 52215230 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-19

Compulsory release does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison, except where they benefit from outside placement under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2

…company mentioned in Articles L. 122-2 and L. 122-12 and who holds a diploma, a professional qualification or a certificate of qualification provided for in Article L. 212-1. A national collective agr…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Seizure of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R224-5

…y removed and placed in the custody of the bailiff or a receiver appointed, in the absence of an amicable agreement, by the enforcement judge hearing the case. If the debtor is absent, an inventory is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L3215-1

…° For the director of an establishment referred to in article L. 3222-1 to maintain the psychiatric care measure of which a person is the subject, whatever the form, when the lifting of the measure is…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2351-17

…icular request, in the notice of invitation to tender, that the tenderer's offer include: 1° An indication of the parts of the public contract that it intends to subcontract, as well as the subject of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-14

…d in article R. 2122-12, including the registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons for the purposes of detecting multiple registrations: the agents of the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 1243-12 to an identified…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-22

…dence that he or she has received a mandate to represent him or her within two months of this notification, the self-employed worker is no longer represented in the mediation and the Autorité des rela…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-26

…Union, the Minister of Justice shall provide the competent authority of that State with the certificate referred to in Article 728-12 within seventy-two hours.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Exceptional entry of sums on the automatic account

Article 919-60

For each distribution company, the amount of the sums entered on an exceptional basis is equivalent to the amount of the sums entered on its automatic account which lapsed on 31 December 2021 pursuant…

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