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Showing 381390 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D212-71

The operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments may use different categories of tariffs that they determine for the admission of spectators.Each of the tariff categories is associated wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions relating to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1

Article R6152-700

…remain applicable only to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1 in service on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules ap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Plan

Article R742-57

Where the court, of its own motion, at the request of the debtor or the creditors, resolves a plan pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 742-25, it shall give its decision in a judgment that…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Plan

Article R742-56

The judgment rendered pursuant to the provisions of article L. 742-24 is subject to appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71-1

…nvisaged. A person who has agreed to the use of a means of audiovisual telecommunication in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph or who has not objected to it in the cases provided fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-4

…jurisdiction on the grounds set out in Article 706-72-3, it shall refer the Public Prosecutor's Office to take action as it sees fit; it may, after hearing the Public Prosecutor's Office, issue, by th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-3

…istrate of the Paris Judicial Court that the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72 and do not fall within its jurisdiction on any other…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

…iminal Division of the Court of Cassation which shall designate, within eight days of the date of receipt of the file, the court responsible for continuing the investigation. The Public Prosecutor may…

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

Article 706-75-1

…the investigation, prosecution, investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, the trial of offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11° and 18°, 706-73-1 or 706-…

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