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Showing 19411950 of 29080 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 7 décembre 2016 n° 15-86731

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-2

…at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-3

…the acts referred to him do not constitute one of the offences falling within the scope of Article 706-72 and do not fall within its jurisdiction on any other grounds, this judge shall declare that h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-72-2 or 706-72-3 by which an examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Placement under electronic surveillance

Article 723-7-1

…y the sentence enforcement judge by a decision taken in accordance with the provisions of l'article 712-6. If the personality of the sentenced person or the means available justify it, the sentence en…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594-0 F sexies

…ited land in Mayotte are subject to the land registration tax or registration duty at the rate of 0.70%.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H-0 bis

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees the acquisition of housing previously acquired from low-income housing organisations under the con…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Penalties

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-15

An order imposing a sanction on members of the association's management or liquidators may only be appealed immediately.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1-1

Workshops and integration projects can enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least 57 who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-15

When the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the European thresholds defined, for local authorities, their establishments and groupings and other purchasers, in b of I of ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-7

When the person under investigation, the accused or the defendant is detained, the application for release may also be made by means of a declaration to the head of the penitentiary establishment. Thi…

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