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Showing 66616670 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-3

…ic prosecutor's authorisation, which may be given by any means, shall be mentioned or placed in the case file. The Public Prosecutor shall immediately inform the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Judicia…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-10

…n in question practising in this overseas territory take part in the election of delegates from the Paris departmental councils to the regional council or inter-regional council of the Ile-de-France r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-34-2

I. - Voting by electronic means opens on a Wednesday at 12 noon (Paris time) and closes at the same time on the following Tuesday, or the following Wednesday if the period includes a public holiday.II…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

I. - Any person who is the subject of an identity check or verification as provided for in this chapter may, where this check or verification reveals that there are serious grounds for believing that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quinquies A

…mentioned in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 612-18 of the aforementioned code.II. - For the application of the provisions of 2 of Article 38, the following items are not included in the definition…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-30

Where a variety which is the subject of an application for a certificate or a plant variety certificate is exploited for the needs of national defence by the State or its suppliers, subcontractors and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-9

…uthority.The federation must give its opinion, which must be substantiated with regard to the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-7, within one month of the date of receipt of the r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions for negotiating agreements concluded in undertakings without a trade union delegate or works council

Article L2232-27

For the application of articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26, each mandated employee is entitled to the time necessary to carry out his duties within the limits of a duration which, save in exceptional…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-1

…with the provisions of Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1, any insurance undertaking must indicate, when submitting the documents provided for in these four Articles, the management method adopt…

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