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Showing 931940 of 16327 articles for Art. CA Paris 28-6-1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-69

Notwithstanding the provisions of 1° of article R. 6152-35, practitioners carrying out their duties in a public health establishment located in an overseas department, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62

People against whom there is no plausible reason to suspect that they have committed or attempted to commit an offence shall be heard by the investigators without being subjected to a measure of restr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction and powers of Deputy European Public Prosecutors

Article 696-110

…oceedings brought before the Deputy European Public Prosecutors fall within the jurisdiction of the Paris courts, both at first instance and on appeal. By way of derogation from Articles 206,207,207-1…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Sectoral global markets

Article L2171-6

I. - Société du Grand Paris may award an overall contract to an economic operator for all or part of the design, construction and development of the infrastructure of the Greater Paris public transpor…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

…of a document abroad;9° Interpreting and translation costs made necessary by investigative measures carried out abroad at the request of the courts under Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-7

As an exception to Article 712-10, only the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l'application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l'application…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-69

The employer may refuse to grant the leave if it considers that the absence is likely to have a detrimental effect on the smooth running of the company.The employer's refusal is made after consulting…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-67

…uly 1901 relating to the contract of association or entered in the register of associations in application of the local civil code applicable to the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-68

The period of leave cannot be deducted from the period of paid annual leave and is treated as a period of actual work for the purposes of determining the legal and collective bargaining benefits linke…

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