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Showing 63416350 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

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

Article R50-77

…t of the documents in the proceedings file in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 165. The case file can also be consulted at the registry of the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court.

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

Article R50-85

The decisions of the Paris Tribunal de l'application des peines mentioned in this chapter may be challenged by way of appeal, in accordance with Article 706-25-19, under the conditions set out in 2° o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Trial courts

Article R278

For the application of article R. 49-8-2 in New Caledonia, the words: "to the representative of the State in the department in which it has its headquarters and, in Paris, to the Prefect of Police" ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative

Article R3213-1

The time limit given to the expert by the Prefect of the département or, in Paris, the Prefect of the Police to produce the expert report provided for in article L. 3213-5-1 may not exceed ten days fr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-50

…ité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall not grant authorisation to the branch of the applicant third-country undertaking unless the third-country undertaking to which the branch belongs unde…

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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 Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-5

…out in IV of article L. 18, I of article L. 20, I and II of article R. 17 and articles R. 18 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code.The appeals provided for in IV of article L. 18 and the first paragraph of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 260

This list comprises, for the Assize Court of Paris, one thousand eight hundred jurors and, for the other Assize Court jurisdictions, one juror for every one thousand three hundred inhabitants, althoug…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-50

…Prefect of the département in which the foreign national has established residence in France or, in Paris, by the Police Prefect, upon presentation of the passport bearing a long-stay visa marked "sal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…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 V…

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