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Showing 61316140 of 30018 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 6 July 2016 – no. 15-21.811

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-11

…y of the issuing State shall be transmitted, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 695-9-6, to the territorially competent investigating judge, if necessary via the public prosecutor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article D1333-6-4

…substances that may benefit from the exemptions resulting from the application of articles R. 1333-6-1 to R. 1333-6-3 are as follows: -Metallic substances which, prior to their use in a nuclear activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

Selling alcoholic beverages at a fuel sales outlet outside the hours specified in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3322-9 or selling refrigerated alcoholic beverages there is punishable by a fine of…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 10: Employment of qualified persons

Article 67 quinquies A

…report or in the document provided for in Article 247 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 estab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-6

Article L. 3253-15 is applicable with the exception of the last paragraph. When the mandataire judiciaire, the administrator or the liquidator receives sums due to employees from an institution locate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6-3

…artment. The prefectoral decree authorising an organisation in application of III of article L. 752-6 is published in the prefecture's registry of administrative acts. It bears an identification numbe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status.

Article R421-6-3

The implied decision referred to in 1° of article R. * 421-6-1 arises at the end of a period of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° of the sam…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-6

…le R. 15-33-29-5 and their alternates as well as, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° to 6° of the same article, the representatives of the latter are appointed by joint order of the Minist…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6-1

…1 or the commitments provided for under the youth commitment contract mentioned in article L. 5131-6. The personalised project for access to employment sets out the actions that Pôle emploi undertake…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article D1112-67-1

For the application of article L. 1111-3-1, the healthcare establishments mentioned inarticle L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code provide their patients, following a stay or the provision of a ser…

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