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Showing 49915000 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R88

…addition, the military authorities notify the automated national criminal records department of any cases of insubordination or desertion of which they are aware. These notifications are recorded in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-2

…nt if they consider that this is justified by the nature or seriousness of the facts. Other than in cases in which the nature or seriousness of the facts makes it necessary to interview the victim at…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Registration system

Article R1333-114

The registration application must be accompanied by a file containing :1° In the case of a natural person, their surname, first name, position and contact details;2° In the case of a legal entity, its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention of asbestos-related risks in buildings

Article R1334-14

…For the buildings referred to in article R. 1334-17, the owner or owners of the building or, in the case of joint ownership, the joint owners' association; 4° For the buildings mentioned in article R.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Orders given by the judicial authority

Article D57

…of Justice and the Interior, it is normally carried out by the prison administration. In the latter case, in the event of the transport of a detainee listed in the register of particularly high-profil…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Time limits for expert appraisals

Article R2315-47

…article R. 2312-6. When the Social and Economic Committee calls upon a Chartered Accountant in the case provided for in 1° of Article L. 2315-92, the Chartered Accountant submits his report within ei…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article R751-9

…meetings without giving a reason, the chairman may terminate that member's term of office. In this case, the appointing authority shall appoint a new full member and a new alternate member for the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-41

…sessments issued and declared enforceable by the President of the Corsican Executive Council in the case of the Corsican local authority and by the authorising officer of these public establishments i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-13

…consult them at the court registry. The communication invites the parties to produce a statement of case and all relevant documents in the required number of copies and within the time limit set by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-15-4

…ened corresponds to the number of postal votes recorded in the voters' register. If this is not the case, the counting of postal votes is repeated. The ballot papers are then extracted from the envelo…

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