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Showing 41714180 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of financial penalties imposed by foreign authorities

Article D48-19

…rity of the issuing State shall be sent, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 48-11, to the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, where applicable via the Public Prosecut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-85

…informs, by any means, the trade union organisations mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1432-11 of the organisation of the elections, and invites them to take part in the negotiation of the pre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-13

…orecast are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 3661-11, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast results…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-14

…tion are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-11, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast results…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21

…uct characteristics, the presentation and content of which are laid down in accordance with article 11 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a propo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-14

…of the authorisation is granted under the conditions set out in articles R. 5141-123-7, R. 5141-123-11 and R. 5141-123-12.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-1

…e technological measures and information referred to, respectively, in articles L. 331-5 and L. 331-11; 2° The seizure, on any day and at any time, of copies constituting an unlawful reproduction of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-3

…l no longer benefit from this scheme. The départements participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018;…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L365-2

…replaced by the reference to refusal of entry to the territory of French Polynesia; 3° Article L. 311-1 reads as follows: "Art. L. 311-1 -In order to enter French Polynesia, all foreign nationals mus…

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