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Showing 22412250 of 40190 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-6-1971

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-62

Where the president of the court orders a company or legal entity to make or have made declarations or rectifications of information relating to the beneficial owner, he shall make an order setting th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of poisoning

Article L1340-6

The conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, in particular : 1° The organisation of the toxicovigilance system ; 2° The conditions under which the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-6

For each recruitment carried out in application of articles R. 113-4 and R. 113-5, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée submits the applications for the opinion of a rec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-60

The Steering Committee consists of: 1° The president of CCI France; 2° The presidents of the regional chambers of commerce and industry; 3° Members of the bureau who are not presidents of the regional…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L421-6

A product is presumed to satisfy the general safety obligation set out in article L. 421-3, with regard to the risks and categories of risk covered by the standards applicable to it, where it complies…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-11

The provisions of articles 627-4 to 627-10 are also applicable if the person claimed is prosecuted or convicted in France for charges other than those covered by the request from the International Cri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-9

Applications for release or the lifting or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be made at any time to the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Deeds and transfers subject to the registration formality

Article 641 bis

The time limits provided for in Article 641 are extended to twenty-four months for inheritance declarations involving real estate or real estate rights for which the deceased's right of ownership was…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-66

If the patent application is withdrawn or converted into an application for a utility certificate, the procedure for drawing up the search report shall be terminated.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4231-6

The president of the regional council appoints field wardens in the cases and under the conditions provided for in article L. 522-2 of the internal security code.

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