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Showing 22512260 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L512-4

…of the duties of authorised agents. The agents mentioned in articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 are empowered to investigate and record this offence.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Working conditions and service obligations

Article R6152-910

…heir skills consolidation or adaptation course. They benefit from the provisions of article R. 4626-22 of the Labour Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-32

Any technical means intended for real-time location, throughout the national territory, of a person, without that person's knowledge, of a vehicle or of any other object, without the consent of its ow…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 732-1

Where the person has been sentenced to life imprisonment for one of the crimes referred to in Article 706-53-13 and has been conditionally released with a care order, the regional secure detention cou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-56

…ome aware of them, they did not disclose them to the General Meeting. The provisions of Articles L. 225-253 and L. 225-254 of the Commercial Code shall apply to them.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-14

…or authorisation in the national registers and at any time during the registration period. Bulletin No. 3 of the criminal record less than three months old of the persons mentioned in the first paragr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-3

…nment has been imposed, the periods of imprisonment shall be served cumulatively up to a maximum of 22 years or, where applicable, up to the maximum period of imprisonment specially set by the Assize…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article R521-3

…the policyholder or subscriber, as part of the next annual information mentioned in article L. 132-22, of the differences between the actual development and the aforementioned projection.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Replacement.

Article LO6322-2

…renewed, within a period of one month, in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article LO 6322-6, and without the provisions of Article LO 6321-22 find application to the meeting of the territ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-73

The liability action against the directors or the managing director mentioned in article L. 225-252 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44.

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