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Showing 51115120 of 70072 articles for Art. D 141-3 à D 141-5 · Loi 2014-856 du 31 juillet 2014 · Décret 2016-2 du 4 janvier 2016

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Visits

Article D403

The procedures for issuing the visiting permits referred to by the dispositions de l'article L. 341-5 du code pénitentiaire, ainsi que les conditions dans lesquelles ces permis peuvent être refusés, n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to commercial matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 38

The procedure applicable before the commercial chamber of the tribunal de grande instance or before the tribunal de grande instance ruling in commercial matters is that followed before the tribunal de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-4

The professional indemnity insurance contract provided for in I of article R. 512-14 shall include obligations that may not be less than those defined below:1° The minimum level of cover under the ins…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single subsection: Restricted traffic zones

Article D2213-1-0-3

For the application of the second paragraph of I of article L. 2213-4-1, land transport is considered to be the cause of a preponderant proportion of limit value exceedances: 1° Either when land trans…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-7 (art. R*131-46)

OBJECT OF THE APPLICATION APPLICABLE PROVISIONS TIME LIMIT AT THE EXPIRATION OF WHICH the decision to reject is acquired, when it is different from the two-month time limit Applications relating to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Initiation of a civil action and its effects

Article D32

Where, following an investigation initiated on the basis of a civil party's complaint, a decision to dismiss the case has been handed down, the person under investigation and any person referred to in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article D512-6

Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers may be assisted in their inspections by: 1° State civil servants and contractual agents governed by the décret n° 86-83 du 17 janvier 1986 rela…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-4

Except in the case of cessation of activity, any amending declaration relating to the information in 1°, 3° or 4° of article A. 123-80-3 will result in the issue of a new card, after the card that has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents

Article A134-4

Registration shall be renewed under the same number for periods of five years before the end of each period. To this end, the applicant shall file a declaration under the terms of article A. 134-1 and…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to commercial matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 39

The President of the Commercial Chamber shall rule in summary proceedings and on applications in accordance with Articles 872, 873 and 875 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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