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Showing 26912700 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Inspections and controls

Article L1435-7

…onditions of technical and legal aptitude defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, to carry out the duties provided for in this article in the same way as the staff mentioned in article L. 1421-1; he…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-7

…included in the determination of the cost price and the methods of accounting for them; 3° The procedures for taking into account the cost of inventories built up, where applicable, in application of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Enforcement of confiscation orders issued by foreign judicial authorities

Article 713-40

…questing State. Property thus confiscated may be sold in accordance with the provisions of the Code du domaine de l'Etat. The costs of enforcing the confiscation order shall be deducted from the total…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-7

…hstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-3

An exceptional reduction in sentence, which may amount to up to one-third of the sentence imposed, may be granted to convicted persons whose statements made to the administrative or judicial authoriti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-7

The body mentioned in article L. 4411-4 of the Labour Code and the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance which have received information pursuant to article R. 1341-2 of this Code shall ensure that i…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-7

The company terminates: 1° By expiry of the period for which it was formed, unless extended in accordance with Article 1844-6 ; 2° By the realisation or extinction of its object;

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-75

…egistration references; 2° The name; 3° The address of the registered office; 4° The object; 5° The duration of the grouping where it is not indefinite; 6° The name or business name or corporate name,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

If the inventor is an employee, the right to the industrial property title, in the absence of a contractual stipulation more favourable to the employee, is defined according to the following provision…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

…ns in a case in which he or she or a legal entity in which he or she has held a position or mandate during the three years prior to the deliberation has had an interest or represented an interested pa…

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