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Showing 28212830 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I of the loi n° 85-677 du 5 juillet 1985 tendant à l'amélioration de la situation des victimes d'accidents de la circulatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article D571-7

…not include any of the convictions provided for by articles L. 911-5, L. 444-6 ou L. 445-1 of the Education Code; b) Or the bulletin includes one or more convictions provided for in articles L. 911-5…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 D

…taxable on the basis of the shares corresponding to their rights in the profit made by the company during the financial year, less the share of the profit taxed under the conditions provided for in t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-3

One or more enforcement courts are established within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, the territorial jurisdiction of which, corresponding to that of one or more judicial courts within the j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article L628-7

…ifies the conditions for updating the list. A decree in the Council of State shall specify the procedures for applying this article.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 768-1

The automated national criminal record receives, as far as legal entities are concerned and after checking their identity by means of the national register of companies and establishments: 1° Unoppose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…stment programme after consultation with the establishment's medical committee and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical committee for medical equipment;5° Determines the statement of project…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical provisions for other insurance operations

Article R343-7

…d premiums yet to be written relating to the period between the inventory date and the next premium due date or, failing that, the contract expiry date; 3° Provision for current risks: a provision int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-17

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris ass…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

The measures mentioned in articles 712-5,712-6 and 712-7, with the exception of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a…

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