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Showing 16411650 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operations.

Article L3336-2

…de drinks outlets: 1° Persons convicted of a common crime or one of the offences listed in articles 225-5, 225-6, 225-7 and 225-10 of the Criminal Code; 2° Those who have been sentenced to at least on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24-1

The articles 706-88 to 706-94 of this code are not applicable to the offences provided for in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the Criminal Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 17

The judicial police officers exercise the powers defined in article 14; they receive complaints and denunciations; they carry out preliminary investigations under the conditions provided for by articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-1

…e authority, and constitutes the document provided for in the Schengen Convention signed on 19 June 1990 to justify the conditions of residence in the case of a family or private visit..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-92

Apart from cases of transit through or through customs territory, it is prohibited to import or export psychotropic drugs without a special authorisation issued for each operation by the Director Gene…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 89 A

The declarations mentioned in Articles 87, 87-0 A, 87-0 A bis, 88, 240 and 241 are transmitted by the tax filer to the tax authorities using a computerised process.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France

Article A212-182

A copy of the form required for the declaration provided for in article R. 212-88 is given in appendix II-12-2-a. This form specifies the list of documents required for this declaration.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Counting of postal votes

Article R2122-89

Voting materials that have not been taken into account in accordance with Article R. 2122-88 are appended to the minutes. The reasons for the annexation of each item of voting material are indicated.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Forfeiture of French nationality

Article 25

An individual who has acquired French nationality may, by decree issued after the assent of the Conseil d'Etat, be stripped of French nationality, unless the stripping results in the individual becomi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Proceedings before the Criminal Appeals Chamber

Article 516

If the judgment is reversed because the court considers that there is no crime, misdemeanour or contravention, or that the fact is not established or is not attributable to the accused, it shall dismi…

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