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Showing 75017510 of 23043 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 21-12-1990 n° 88-15.744

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

I.-The first four classes of offences for which prosecution is extinguished by payment of a fixed fine are as follows: 1° Offences punishable under the Highway Code whether or not they result in a wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 225-21, L. 225-54-1, L. 225-67, L. 225-77 et L. 225-94, a natural person may not simultaneously hold more than five offices as chief executive office…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

I.-The participating and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall set up a system of governance which guarantees sound and prudent mana…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L5217-10-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the metropolitan authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the metropolitan authority in the form of benefit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 77-1-1

The Public Prosecutor or, with his authorisation, the judicial police officer or agent or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3 and under the control of the latter, the investigation assista…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Structures

Article L2412-2

The provisions of this book do not apply to: 1° Building or infrastructure works intended for an industrial activity whose design is determined by the operating process; 2° Infrastructure works carrie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-7

The information contained in the file shall be directly accessible, via a secure telecommunications system:1° To the judicial authorities;2° To officers of the judicial police, in the context of proce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-2

The following may also practise as medical biologists:1° From the date of entry into force of Ordinance no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 on medical biology, a person who fulfils the conditions for pract…

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