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Showing 84318440 of 16885 articles for Art. CA Paris 29-6-2007 n° 05/17124

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…the same profession, the professional organisations represented on the High Council for the Paramedical Professions mentioned in Decree no. 2007-974 of 15 May 2007, on the commission for pharmacy assi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495

…ikely to prejudice the rights of the victim. II.-The simplified ordonnance pénale procedure is applicable to the offences mentioned in article 398-1 of the present code, with the exception of offences…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1508

The rectifications for assessment deficiencies resulting from the defect or inaccuracy of the built property declarations provided for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The French Horse and Riding Institute

Article R211-19

…653-29 of the code rural et de la pêche maritime (rural and maritime fishing code), runs a school located in Saumur whose riding instructors are the riders of the Cadre noir. This school carries out t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…er régional de Bordeaux ;5° Centre hospitalier régional de Brest ;6° Centre hospitalier régional de Caen ;7° Centre hospitalier régional de Clermont-Ferrand ;8° Centre hospitalier régional de Dijon ;9…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-46

…entioned in article R. 142-43 by the mayor of the municipality of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, by the district mayor is subject to the prior submission to the Commissio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refugees

Article R424-4

…département in which the foreign national usually resides or, where the foreign national resides in Paris, the Prefect of the police department, shall rule within four months of notification of the de…

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

Article R50-71

…isciplinary committee on security measures referred to in Article 763-10 with jurisdiction over the Paris Court of Appeal and the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court. It informs the sentence enforcement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: National police services

Article R15-19

The categories of active services of the national police within which officers and agents of the judicial police perform their usual duties and whose jurisdiction is exercised within the remit of one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2315-41

…ts out the procedures for setting up the health, safety and working conditions committee(s) in application of articles L. 2315-36 and L. 2315-37, by defining: 1° The number of members of the committee…

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