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Showing 111120 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-20

For the cases referred to in 3° of articles 695-18 and 695-21, the request for consent shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. It must contain,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Appeals provided for in article L. 464-7.

Article R464-20

The appeals provided for in Article L. 464-7 shall be brought before the court of appeal by way of summons to a hearing previously indicated by the first president or his delegate. On pain of nullity,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-20

…those provisions of the special budget of the police prefecture that relate to the financing of the Paris fire brigade.The consultative commission must also be asked for its opinion on the property in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208

Sont également exonérés de l'impôt sous réserve des dispositions de l'article 208 A : 1° (Abrogé à compter du 1er janvier 1993) ; 1° bis-Les sociétés d'investissement qui sont régies par les articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Financial provisions.

Article L2512-20

Subject to this subsection, the City of Paris is subject to Book III of Parts Two and Three. The City of Paris is also subject to articles L. 5217-10-1 to L. 5217-10-15 and L. 5217-12-2 to L. 5217-12-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-209

…inal products prepared on an ad hoc basis mean the advanced therapy medicinal products mentioned in 17° of Article L. 5121-1.For the purposes of II of Article L. 4211-9-1, only advanced therapy medici…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
13°: Financing certain export transactions

Article 136

…s and finance companies, insofar as it is proven that the amount of these issues is and remains allocated to the financing of export transactions benefiting from the guarantees provided for by the leg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 7: Discounts

Article A444-202

…the proportional emoluments set out in this section within the limit of a maximum discount rate of 20% applicable to the portion of the emolument calculated on the portions of the base greater than o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Radiation .

Article R4722-20

…ctor referred to in article L. 8112-1, the radiation protection inspector referred to in article L. 1333-29 of the Public Health Code and the agents referred to in article L. 1333-30 of the same code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Detention.

Article R5132-20

The medicinal products referred to in this section are kept in a place to which outsiders do not have free access.

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