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Showing 22612270 of 32005 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 1996 n° 94-18.903 · CA Paris 7 November 2014 n° 12/17749

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-123

…suant to Articles 145-4 to 145-4-2 and 148-5 of this code and articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-5, L. 341-7, L. 341-8 and L. 345-1 to L. 345-6 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-12

…erned is subject to a compensation measure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications referred to in article L. 4362-7. 4° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Examination of asylum applications by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-12

…French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons decides, pursuant to Article L. 754-7, not to rule under the accelerated procedure, it shall send its decision to the authority hold…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L743-12

The Livret A is distributed by the Office des Postes et Télécommunications under the conditions set out in articles L. 221-2 to L. 221-4, L. 221-6 and L. 221-38. All funds collected for this passbook…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594-0 G

…meaning of article 256 A, where the deed of acquisition contains an undertaking by the purchaser to carry out, within four years, work leading to the production of a new building within the meaning of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-12

The following may be candidates for the employers' college 1° Persons employing on their own behalf or on behalf of others one or more employees; 2° Where applicable, on the express mandate of these p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 61…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to investment firms and portfolio management companies relating to professional secrecy

Article L531-12

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board and any person who in any capacity participates in the direction or management of an investment firm or portfolio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-1

The categories of personal data and information likely to be recorded in the processing are:

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediators responsible for facilitating the resolution of disputes relating to the granting of authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article R324-12

If, at the end of the period provided for in Article R. 324-7, no agreement has been reached between the parties, the mediator may, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, either make re…

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