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Showing 18211830 of 20523 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 20 juin 1996 n° 95-82078

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6-1

Where a felony or misdemeanour allegedly committed in the course of criminal proceedings or proceedings before a court involves the violation of a rule of procedure, public action may only be brought…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-3

Officers of the judicial police, assisted, where appropriate, by the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of article 21, may inspect vehicles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L763-3

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 420-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 420-2 Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 420-3 to L. 420-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L762-3

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 420-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 420-2 Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 420-3 to L. 420-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L764-3

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 420-1 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 420-2 Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016 L. 420-3 to L. 420-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

Under the conditions laid down in article 17-1 of the law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the prese…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

…uropean individual retirement savings product if it meets the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 27: Construction products

Article R412-43

…6 and 7, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 8, Article 9 and Articles 11 to 16 of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011, as amended, laying down harmonis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment certificates.

Article R228-34

The special meeting of holders of investment certificates called to vote on the proposal to waive preferential subscription rights shall be held before the general meeting of shareholders and, where a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-96

For nurses exempted from registration on the roll, the operations of registering their training qualifications or their authorisation and collecting or updating the information mentioned in the second…

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