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Showing 40014010 of 37028 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 13 May 1970

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe H

…ee no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. (2) Article L. 2213-2 of the French Public Procurement Code. (3) Articles L. 2213-8 and R. 2213-1 of the French Publi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

Home detention with electronic surveillance may be ordered, ex officio or at the request of the person concerned, by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Membership and operation of professional associations of banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L519-15

…e tasks referred to in I, under the conditions and subject to the penalties set out in Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Criminal Code. This secrecy may not be invoked against the body that keeps the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D49-86

…ring during its execution. In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of the article 132-43 du code pénal, this suspension does not apply to the prohibitions on contact or appearance pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Chief Executive Officer

Article R1418-15

…acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of article R. 1418-13. Each year, it proposes to the Board of Directors the general guidelines of the Agency's policy.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence

Article R60-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-16

…e to report any suspected adverse reaction occurring either in the Community or in a third country; 13° In the case of medicinal products referred to in the second paragraph of Article R. 5141-13, an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…thin a period of twelve months to comply with the obligations laid down in Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 or, where applicable, by Regulation…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-3

…broad at the behest of the court registry are taxed, advanced and recovered as costs referred to in 13° of I of Article R. 93 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-33

In accordance with article R. 212-10-13, the authorised training body must: 1° Submit to the regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion a provisional annual calendar of training session…

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