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Showing 50515060 of 9704 articles for Art. CJEU – Agro – 16 Feb. 2017 – C-507/15

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for risks associated with the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge.

Article R424-6

The available assets of the guarantee fund for risks relating to the agricultural spreading of urban or industrial sewage sludge are invested by Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in the assets mentioned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-10

Tax officials may only be authorised to carry out judicial police missions when they are assigned to one of the departments mentioned in Article R. 15-33-29-4-1. For each of these agents, a request fo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 564

Bailiffs are required to put, at the end of the original and the copy of the writ, the cost thereof, on pain of a civil fine of 3 to 15 euros; this fine is pronounced by the president of the court hea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-95

To be eligible for the exceptional aid, operators must have opened to the public the establishments for which the aid is requested during the period between 3 January 2022 and 15 February 2022.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R406

For the application of article R. 117, the words: "set pursuant to Article L. 162-15-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "set locally for similar acts".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R320

For the application of article R. 117, the words: "set pursuant to Article L. 162-15-2 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "set locally for similar acts".

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-5

Repeated offences under articles R. 1337-3 and R. 1337-4 are punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Criminal Code.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-29

The application for inclusion on the list of persons mentioned in article R. 812-15 is examined in accordance with the procedures laid down in articles R. 812-17 and R. 812-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4362-5

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by opticians who are required to make a declaration under article L. 4362-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4351-25

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by medical electroradiology manipulators whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4351-8.

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