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Showing 56215630 of 21410 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 Sept. 2022 – no. 19-26203

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-25

…ficers, judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis of article 21, temporarily made available to an experimental department or unit, exercise their jurisdiction wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-24-10

…dy has been delegated, of financial instruments held in custody in accordance with II of article L. 214-24-8.In the event of the loss of financial instruments held in safekeeping, the custodian shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-37

When placement under judicial supervision has been ordered against a person sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in article 706-53-…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-3

I.-In order to ensure that all the authorities concerned have the same relevant information available, without prejudice to their respective responsibilities and regardless of whether or not they are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-6

The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of article A. 37-27-1, IV of Article A. 37-27-2, and articles A. 37-27-3 to A. 37-27-5 shall not apply if the ticketing officer is equipped with a device enabling…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

I.-The Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven emp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…allocation sub-account mentioned in Article L. 142-4 and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French Accounting Standards Authority relating to the account…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…the level of the insurance undertaking, Article R. 441-7-1 and the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21 do not apply. II. - For agreements entered into on or after 1 September 2017 with an insurance un…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…applicable to Mayotte. II.-The following shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211-9-2; 2° bis Articles L. 5211-11-2 and L. 5211-11-3; 3° Les articles L. 52…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

…ject to the necessary rights of way, on the date of publication of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer, à l'e…

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