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Showing 64516460 of 22260 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Oct. 2016 – no. 15-13.834

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

I. - For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-1

…ic products ;16° The micro-organisms and toxins mentioned in Article L. 5139-1 ;17° Tattoo products;18° Software that is not a medical device and that is used by medical biology laboratories for the m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…loitation of begging and endangering minors, provided for by the articles 221-1 à 221-5,222-1 à 222-18,222-34 à 222-40,224-1 à 224-8,225-4-1 à 225-4-4,225-5 à 225-10,225-12-1 à 225-12-3,225-12-5 to 22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…uple provided for in Article 138-3 and controlled by a mobile electronic anti-rapprochement device; 18° Comply with the conditions of health, social, educational or psychological care, designed to ena…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…the medical committees of hospitals, university hospitals and hospitals specialising in psychiatry;18° Two representatives of private for-profit health establishments, including one chairman of an es…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-4

I.-The list of voters entered on the roll of the ordre concerned by the election, for each council, may be consulted by any voter at the head office of the organising council during the two months pre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64-1

Hearings of persons held in police custody for a crime, carried out on the premises of a police or gendarmerie service or unit carrying out a judicial police mission, shall be subject to audiovisual r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies EA

The tax reduction mentioned in Article 199 decies E is granted in respect of the acquisition of housing that has been completed for at least fifteen years and that is undergoing renovation work. By wa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-2

If an agricultural holding constituting an economic unit and not run as a company is not maintained in undivided ownership and has not been the subject of a preferential allotment under the conditions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

The following are punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Importing, holding with a view to sale, offering for sale, selling, distributing free of charge or against payment, hiring out or making available…

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