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Showing 29512960 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-11

In application of Article 523, the police court may not be constituted by a magistrate exercising a temporary function or an honorary magistrate exercising jurisdictional functions for the trial of th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: Customs clearance procedures in relations between certain countries and territories.

Article 119 bis

…the legislative or regulatory measures in force for export from that territory. 2. These provisions may be extended, with the agreement of the qualified authorities, to direct relations between the cu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-11

…mentioned in 1°, the conditions of their use and their maximum active product content. These texts may not in any way derogate from the provisions established by the decrees of the Conseil d'Etat iss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…ds: "agence régionale de santé" are replaced by the words: "agence de santé";3° The I of article L. 3131-17 is supplemented by a paragraph worded as follows:"The senior administrator may take measures…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-11

…ts. The same joint or undivided property or the same part of a joint or undivided real estate asset may be included in the composition of only one affected patrimony. Where the assignment or withdrawa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Imprest accounts (R).

Article R1617-11

Unless a dispensation is granted by the Minister responsible for the budget, only the following may be paid through an imprest account: 1° Equipment and operating expenses not included in a public con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-11

…sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on the same list who may be responsible for carrying out the control analysis. The expert biologist in charge of the anal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-11

…ers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled, and are made public and may be consulted electronically. Any member of the National Health Conference may request that a dis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-113

Without prejudice to the application of articles 706-112-1 to 706-112-3, when the person is being prosecuted, the public prosecutor or investigating judge notifies the curator or guardian and the guar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The Paris - Ile-de-France Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-11

…isions of the second paragraph, the chambers of commerce and industry of Seine-et-Marne and Essonne may decide to retain the legal status of a public establishment under conditions defined by decree.…

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