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Showing 80918100 of 9666 articles for Art. CE 16-11-1988 n° 47685-47741

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-5

…research protocol conducted on a human embryo may only be authorised if : 1° The scientific relevance of the research is established;2° The research, whether fundamental or applied, has a medical pur…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV bis: Victim support office

Article D47-6-15

The victims' assistance office set up in each judicial court is made up of representatives of one or more victims' assistance associations that have been granted general competence pursuant to article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-34

…ment during the period of his assignment. At the end of the provisional administrator's term of office, the General Meeting shall decide, at its first meeting after the end of that term of office, on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

…n the interval between two updates provided for by article 1518, property rental values, with the exception of those of properties assessed under the conditions provided for in article 1498, are incre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…ary fine notified by the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union other than France and imposed on a service provider established in France in connection with the posting of employe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

…of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24

Officers and agents of the judicial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris cour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

In order to facilitate consumer choice with regard to the energy and nutrient content of the diet, without prejudice to Articles 9, 16 and 30 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-15

…ive authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs to take a formal position on compliance with the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10 of the arrangements for ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-3

…ied out in one or more phases; 2° Or benefit from facilities designed to allow the same clientele access to the various establishments ; 3° Or are subject to joint management of certain elements of th…

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