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Showing 781790 of 18902 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 Sept. 2009 – no. 08-17.611

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R76

Bulletin no. 1 is requested from the magistrate in charge of the automated national criminal record by letter, telegram, fax, teletransmission or magnetic medium, indicating the civil status of the pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R78-1

Bulletin no. 1 of the criminal record is sent by letter to the requesting judicial authority. Bulletin No. 1 may also be issued by secure electronic means, including where this is provided for by inte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R78

…the content as well as that of the entries provided for in Article 769, is reproduced on bulletin no. 1. If not, the bulletin n° 1 is marked: "nil".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R80

Bulletin no. 2 is requested from the automated national criminal records department by letter, telegram, teletransmission or magnetic medium with an indication of the civil status of the person whose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R77

Before drawing up bulletin no. 1 for a natural person, the department responsible for the automated national criminal record checks the identity of the person concerned using the information communica…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Issuance of Bulletin No. 1 of the Criminal Record

Article R77-1

Before drawing up bulletin no. 1 for a legal entity, the department responsible for the automated national criminal record checks the entity's registration using information held by the National Insti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Issuance of Bulletin No. 3 of the Criminal Record

Article R83

The identity check provided for by Article R. 77 must be carried out before the bulletin no. 3 is issued to persons born in France. If the result of this examination proves negative, the automated nat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° septies: Tax reduction for property restoration in protected areas, run-down old districts and protected zones

Article 199 tervicies

…until 31 December 2023, located in a run-down old quarter delimited pursuant to Article 25 of Law no. 2009-323 of 25 March 2009 on mobilisation for housing and the fight against exclusion when the r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article R321-25

…be authorised if they have been convicted of a criminal or correctional offence entered in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document in the case of a national of the European…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article R321-24

The panels of the control commission meet when convened by their chairman.They may only deliberate if three of their members are present or, where appropriate, regularly deputized.

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