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Showing 40214030 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-3

…are as follows: 1° All acts punishable by criminal penalties under the law of the requesting State; 2° Acts punishable by correctional penalties under the law of the requesting State, when the maximum…

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

Article 696-122

However, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is competent to order the following measures, ex officio or at the request of the person under investigation:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-61

…blood product; g) The nature and results of tests and analyses meeting the requirements of section 2 of this chapter. The nature and results of the tests and analyses must be certified by the natural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-61

…four hours a day, of at least one paediatrician with proven experience in neonatal resuscitation ; 2° The permanent presence, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, of at least one nurse specialising…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…pervision exercised by a supervisory authority of a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Recipients of data

Article R142-6

…be recipients of personal data and information recorded in the processing mentioned in article R. 142-1, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of their need to know:1° National police, genda…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Tax regimes

Article 69 D

…ies engaged in agricultural activity, other than those mentioned in article 71, created as from 1st January 1997 and whose results are taxed under the conditions provided for in l'article 8, are subje…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-6

Notwithstanding Article L. 113-3, where, for the implementation of operations relating to this chapter, the policyholder ensures the deduction of the premium from the members, in the event of non-paym…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-6

…of his assets and which he may request to be repossessed under the conditions set out in Article L. 624-19.The debtor shall provide the administrator and the mandataire judiciaire, for the purposes of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

…gories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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