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Showing 31113120 of 3964 articles for Art. CA Paris – 24 Nov. 2016

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…rt, one representative of the Minister for Health, one representative of the Minister for Higher Education, one representative of the Minister for Education, one representative of the Minister for the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-18

The decision provided for in Article

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operations.

Article L3336-2

…ory provisions on narcotics or for a repeat offence of assault and battery or public drunkenness. Incapacity is perpetual for all persons mentioned in 1°. It ceases five years after their conviction w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities and prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-2

…nal of the French Republic and, if they are issued against an operator whose registered office is located in another State of the European Union, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Responsibilities.

Article R2521-3

For the application to communes in the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne of chapter V "External fire defence" of title II of book II of part two: 1° The words: "préfet…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…oned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to X…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-1

…wn in Chapters II and III of Title I of this Book, of any decision to admit a person to psychiatric care, of any renewal of this decision and of any decision terminating this care ; 2° Receives compla…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R249-2

…the criminal court or the criminal appeals chamber, appearance allowances that may not exceed those calculated under the conditions set out in the articles R. 129, R. 130 and R. 131; 2° In the event o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-2

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-1, the marketing in France, with passport, to professional clients, of units or shares of third-country AIFs or feeder AIFs which do not mee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-3

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-2, the marketing, with a passport, in a Member State of the European Union other than France, to professional clients, of units or shares of…

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