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Showing 801810 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73-1

…s:1° Offence of swindling in an organised gang, provided for in the last paragraph of Article 313-2 du code pénal, délit d'atteinte aux systèmes de traitement automatisé de données commis en bande org…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 quinquies

…on of the mandataire à titre posthume, definitively determined within six months of the death, is deductible from the assets of the estate up to a limit of 0.5% of the managed estate assets. This dedu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIII: The use of telecommunications during proceedings

Article 706-71

…of the court hearing the case considers it justified, in the cases and in accordance with the procedures provided for in this article.Where justified by the requirements of the investigation or enqui…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the State and the Regions

Article L114-7

I - The region is the owner of the premises for which it is responsible for the construction and reconstruction. II - The real estate assets of the sports resources, expertise and performance centres…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-70

When research involving the human person is conducted in an establishment with an in-house pharmacy, the sponsor must provide the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy with the following information be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

…2° Where applicable, the pharmaceutical form, batch number(s) and expiry date of the medicinal product(s) required for the research;3° Where applicable, for the medicinal product required for resear…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Employers employing casual entertainment workers

Article R6331-73

…article R. 6323-14-4, for training actions benefiting intermittent employees in the entertainment industry. III - The number of intermittent employees in the entertainment industry is not taken into a…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Aid schemes established by intergovernmental agreements

Article 711-1

…the French Republic and the government of the Federal Republic of Germany on support for film co-production projects, signed in Cannes on 17 May 2001, amended by the agreement in the form of an exchan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-7

Without prejudice to the prerogatives of the territorially competent public prosecutors, the public prosecutor of the place where the departure station of a passenger rail transport vehicle is located…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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