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Showing 21912200 of 20900 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 15 July 1999 – no. 97-21146

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-28

…he application for renewal of authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-33-25 to R. 15-33-27-1. This request must be accompanied by the order referred to in article R. 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-37

…sation may be withdrawn if the person ceases to satisfy one of the conditions set out in Article R. 15-33-33 or if it does not perform the tasks entrusted to it satisfactorily. This withdrawal is pron…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Dotation départementale d'équipement des collèges (Departmental grant for secondary school facilities)

Article R3334-18

…low. The regional prefect chooses, from the list drawn up in application of IV of article 13 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 relating to the division of powers between the communes, départements, re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-13

…r the extrajudicial procedure for identifying deceased persons, provided for by Article 1 of Decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 relating to the conditions for approval of persons authorised to carry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-98

The Ordinary General Meeting takes all decisions other than those referred to in Articles L. 225-96 and L. 225-97.The Board may only validly deliberate on first call if the shareholders present or rep…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R15-40

The authorisation may be withdrawn in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-36 and R. 15-37. The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, for the purposes of withdrawing autho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Behaviour in the event of an accident or incident

Article R4141-18

Workers assigned to one of the tasks listed in article R. 4141-15 receive training in what to do in the event of an accident or disaster.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance

Article D5134-160

The annual amount of aid per full-time post is set by decree. This amount is adjusted annually on 1 July, in proportion to the increase in the minimum growth wage since 1 July of the previous year and…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…nt to Article 79(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the verificatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article R772-2

…nt to those implementing Regulation No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the interna…

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