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Showing 10211030 of 36311 articles for Art. CA Toulouse 11-3-2020

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-4

…hat the name of the lawyer chosen or the request to appoint a court-appointed lawyer must be communicated to the investigating judge's clerk.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-11

…ing to these rights, shall be registered at the request of one of the parties to the deed. The application shall include: 1° A registration application form, the form of which shall be determined by d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-11

In application of Article 523, the police court may not be constituted by a magistrate exercising a temporary function or an honorary magistrate exercising jurisdictional functions for the trial of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for appointing liquidators

Article R613-11

The representative of the credit institution, finance company, electronic money institution, payment institution or investment firm must send its observations to the Chairman of the Autorité de contrô…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Professional activity

Article L414-11

Article L. 414-10 does not apply when the foreign national holds one of the following residence permits: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-110

…east fifteen days before the date fixed for the meeting;4° (paragraph repealed).5° Questions communicated by at least three companies belonging to the association no later than twenty days before the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Exercise of parental authority over the person of the child

Article 1180-1

…tion provided for in articles 370-1-8 and 372 of the Civil Code shall be delivered or sent in triplicate by registered post to the registrar of the judicial court for the place where the child lives.I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-11

…security charges; 3° In respect of the month during which the staff enter or leave the service of local authorities, their public establishments, the remuneration of the said staff; 4° Relief; 5° Adva…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment of the radiation protection advisor

Article R4451-113

…he centre it has set up with the tasks of radiation protection advisor for other nuclear activities carried out in the same establishment. III - The radiation protection centre of expertise may carry…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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