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Showing 321330 of 49798 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 26-2-1992 n° 90-19.710

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-90

If the needs of the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Specific provisions governing the exceeding of exposure limit values relating to sensory effects

Article R4453-26

For each worker concerned, the employer identifies and sends the occupational physician and the health professionals mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4624-1 the following information, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-903

No person may be covered by the present statute : 1° If he does not enjoy his civic rights in the State of which he is a national ; 2° If he has been convicted of an offence incompatible with the perf…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 G

Theatrical performances of a pornographic nature indicated in 2° of Article 279 bis may under no circumstances benefit from the exemptions from value added tax provided for by the legislative provisio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-26

Where the consumer is equipped with a metering device that can be read remotely and as defined in the first paragraphs of articles L. 341-4 et L. 453-7 of the Energy Code, the electricity or natural g…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-26

The registered office of the Agence nationale pour les chèques-vacances is determined by order of the responsible ministers, after consulting the Board of Directors.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-26

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation procedures.

Article R5141-26

The marketing authorisation is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail. It is accompanied by the summary of pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Enforcement of European protection orders in the Member States of the European Union pursuant to Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order

Article 696-90

A European protection order may be issued by the competent authority of a Member State, called the issuing State, for the purpose of extending to the territory of another Member State, called the exec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-26

For each compulsory retirement savings plan that may be funded by profit-sharing and incentive schemes, a supervisory committee is set up in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 224-21 and L.…

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