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Showing 2130 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-30

…vironmental officer is attached is located is brought directly to the attention of the officer, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fifteen days, at the end of which time the final r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-20

…production expenditure mentioned in article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-3

…t is a financial institution within the meaning of Article 4(1), point 26 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 in a Member State or in a third country other than the one in which they have been granted auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…ion of the removal or containment work on materials and products in list A mentioned in article R. 1334-29, the owner shall have a person mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1334-23 carry o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-29

…that it has obtained accreditation for the various percentages set out in I ofArticle 7 of Order No 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 as amended relating to medical biology, enclosing a detailed list of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 3: "cardiac intensive care".

Article D6124-29-3

…the day, one orderly for every four open beds and, at night, one orderly for every eight open beds; 3° A masseur-physiotherapist; 4° A dietician; 5° Where necessary, a psychologist, a social worker an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Agents de police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de surveillance de Paris and agents de la ville de Paris chargé d'un service de police (municipal police officers, rural wardens, Paris surveillance officers and Paris city police officers)

Article R15-33-29-3

…d in article 21 of this code, as well as officers of the City of Paris in charge of a police force, may, pursuant to the provisions of the articles L. 2212-5, L. 2213-18, L. 2512-16-1 and L. 2512-16 d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to production cost control

Article 311-20

When the total amount of aid granted in application of this title for the production and preparation of an audiovisual work is equal to or greater than €50,000, its definitive award is subject to cert…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-20

To be eligible for aid for co-writing international co-production projects, authors must be:1° French nationals or equivalent;2° Nationals of a Member State of the Organisation Internationale de la Fr…

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