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Showing 19611970 of 32365 articles for Art. CE 4-6-2019 n° 415959

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-127

Decisions ordering the interception of telecommunications correspondence, geolocation, an investigation under pseudonym or a special investigative technique provided for in Section 6 of Chapter II of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…al or multimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing difficul…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-6

…f inadmissibility, by a summons which must be served by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the bailiff who carried out the seizure within a period of one month following service of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementing provisions.

Article L6332-6

…as: 1° The rules relating to the constitution, powers and operation of skills operators; 2° The procedures for implementing the principle of transparency in the operation of the skills operator, part…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Non-profit associations, public interest foundations and companies authorised to carry out certain banking transactions.

Article R518-64

…entatives of the Minister for the Economy, including one member of the Inspectorate General of Finance;2° Two representatives of the Minister for Employment, including one member of the Inspectorate G…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L952-6

…L. 225-231, L. 232-3, L. 232-4, L. 234-1 et L. 234-2, the words: "au comité d'entreprise" are replaced by the words: "aux délégués du personnel".

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties for intermediaries

Article L354-4

…ICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 342-1 and L. 342-4 to L. 342-6 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

The categories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

Any decision to place a person under judicial supervision taken pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and supervision in the territory of the Republic or in that of another Member S…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

The following are considered as authors' artistic experience: 1° Writing or directing a cinematographic or audiovisual work of fiction, animation or creative documentary released in cinemas or broadca…

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