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Showing 51415150 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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 8: Commission de la coopération intercommunale de la Polynésie française.

Article D5842-6

I. - Article R. 5211-19, with the exception of the second paragraph, a, b and c, Article R. 5211-20, Articles R. 5211-22 to R. 5211-33, Article R. 5211-35, Article R. 5211-36, with the exception of it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-6

…ct is the direct and exclusive practice of one of the professions provided for in article L. 1453-4;2° Proceeds from the exploitation or transfer of intellectual property rights relating to a health p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-6

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The adversarial process during the preliminary investigation

Article D15-6-3

I.-Requests to acquaint oneself with the case file made, pursuant to II of Article 77-2, by a suspected person may be addressed to the Public Prosecutor through their lawyer. In this case, the request…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-6-1

Article L. 1336-1 is applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 D-1

…s to respond to a written communication at the end of the thirty-day period provided for in Article 67 D, the tax authorities take their decision. If the tax authority rejects the taxpayer's observati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-64

If the proposed settlement is approved, the mayor sends or gives the offender a document informing him of this approval, specifying the amount of compensation to be paid or the terms of performance of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-6

…the first two paragraphs of this Article shall be made in the database mentioned in article L. 134-2.The publisher who has notified his decision under the conditions provided for in the first paragra…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-1

…the following areas and places: 1° The land area within the customs radius defined in article 44 ; 2° Customs offices designated pursuant to article 47 ; 3° Ports, airports and rail or road stations…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-6

Where appropriate, the Disciplinary Board will impose one of the following penalties:1° A warning ;2° A reprimand with an entry in the file;3° A temporary or permanent ban on serving any or all suppli…

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