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Showing 50115020 of 22260 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Oct. 2016 – no. 15-13.834

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-3

The request for authorisation specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit in which he or she will be called upon to perform them on his or her first posting.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-2

When a victim is about to lodge a complaint online, he or she must be informed, by information appearing legibly on the site's home screens: 1° That lodging a complaint online is only an option and th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-28

The rate of contributions due under II of Article L. 621-5-3 is set :1° For the public offers mentioned in 1°, at 0.30 per thousand of the value of the financial instruments purchased, exchanged, pres…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Fees levied on the issue, renewal and supply of duplicates of residence permits and travel documents for foreign minors

Article L436-8

…licate of a residence permit to foreign nationals mentioned in Articles L. 423-5, L. 423-17, L. 423-18, L. 425-1, L. 425-3, L. 425-6 or L. 425-8 are exempt from the collection of the fees provided for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Offences relating to subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L247-3

A fine of 18,000 euros shall be imposed on the chairmen, directors, members of the management board, managing directors or managers of companies for contravening the provisions of articles L. 233-29 t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…nal Health Agency shall mention in the order provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 5125-18 the names of the roads, natural boundaries or transport infrastructures that delimit the district…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-21

…ve of a list checks and certifies that this list meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20. The individual candidacy declarations of each candidate on the list are attached t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-88

…may enlist the help of one or more self-employed colleagues, under the conditions set out inarticle 18 of law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Each of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 41

I. - Capital gains subject to the regime of articles 39 duodecies à 39 quindecies and realised by an individual on the occasion of the free transfer of a sole proprietorship may benefit from the follo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Policing of teaching activities

Article L212-14

It is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros for any person to teach, lead or supervise a physical or sporting activity in disregard of a measure taken in application of arti…

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