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Showing 97919800 of 56566 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-1-1989 n° 87-12.720

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-18

Personnel of the national forensic police service of the national police and those of the national gendarmerie, specially assigned to the service implementing the processing, and duly authorised, may…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transport of the body before committal (R).

Article R2213-14

The transport of the body of a deceased person to a health establishment in order to take samples for therapeutic purposes shall be declared in advance, by any means in writing, to the mayor of the mu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Homeopathic medicinal products

Article R5121-106

The application file for registration of a medicinal product or a series of medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13 is sent to the Agency. It includes the following information and document…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 170

1. Except where the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article apply, goods imported under the temporary admission procedure benefit from the suspension of customs duties and taxes to which they are li…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of the depositary.

Article 1928

The provision of the preceding article must be applied with greater rigour: 1° if the depositary has offered himself to receive the deposit; 2° if he has stipulated a salary for the custody of the dep…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-15

When the benefit of subsidiary protection is terminated by a final decision of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons or by a court decision, or when the foreign nation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Procedure applicable if the foreign national is detained

Article L614-15

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Circulation of the euro in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D721-1

In Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, only the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the Trésor public are required to accept more than fifty euro coins in a single payment.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1747

Whoever, by assault, threats or concerted manoeuvres, organises or attempts to organise the collective refusal of tax, will be punished by the penalties provided for in Article 1 of the law of 18 Augu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-14

Where the activity of the intermediary association is carried out under the conditions of this sub-section, the following shall not apply: 1° Sanctions relating to temporary work, as provided for in a…

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