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Showing 231240 of 32936 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 6 June 2001 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 2003 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2008 · Cass. 1re civ. 22 December 1959

French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A

…eable at the time when the goods are deemed to be imported, within the meaning of 2 of I of Article 291.The import declaration means the customs declaration, within the meaning of Article 5(12) of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22

…ic prosecutor's office may, at any time, decide to withdraw the certificate, subject to article 728-22-1. He shall inform the competent authority of the executing State of the reason for such withdraw…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Inspections

Article L513-22

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that sociétés de crédit foncier comply with their obligations under this section and shall penalise any breaches observed, in accordan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to non-fixed fines

Article A37-29

Contraventions not subject to the fixed fine procedure that have resulted in the offender being questioned or that have been recorded in his presence may be recorded using the forms described in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-29

…rms and conditions for the involvement of the public health establishment referred to in article R. 6111-27 are set out in a protocol signed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-7

…mmary sheet for the common portions of the "asbestos technical file" referred to in article R. 1334-29-5; 3° In the case of the sale of other properties: the summary sheet of the "asbestos technical f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-29

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-29

On receipt of the complete file from a person mentioned in Article R. 811-27, a receipt is issued. The national commission shall reach a reasoned decision within four months of the issue of the receip…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R6153-1-29

Notwithstanding article R. 6153-1-28, the terms of application of articles R. 6153-1-22 to D. 6153-1-27 are specified by order of the ministers responsible for health, the economy and the civil servic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

…to access, including in an open standard within the meaning of Article 4 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, a work or object protected by a technological measu…

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