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Showing 981990 of 33923 articles for Art. Décret 2015-981 du 31-7-2015

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-7

…R. 412-2 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…uments justifying that the group does indeed ensure that this third party implements the group procedures mentioned in Article L. 561-33. The reporting entity shall have access to the information gath…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 793

…g groups and those in agricultural landholding groups, created in accordance with the loi n° 62-933 du 8 août 1962 et répondant aux diverses caractéristiques des articles L. 322-1 à L. 322-21 et L. 32…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 779

…l record may be used for the enforcement of criminal sentences. This decree also organises the procedures for transmitting information between the automated national criminal record and the persons or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730

…years, conditional release is granted by the sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the procedures laid down by l'article 712-6. In other cases, conditional release is granted by the sentence e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Property and property investment by public health institutions

Article L6148-7-1

Public health establishments and health cooperation structures with public legal personality may not directly enter into leasing contracts, within the meaning of articles L. 313-7 to L. 313-10 of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 700

During the period when operations remain provisionally under the legal quarrying regime, pursuant to article L. 312-4 or the second paragraph of article L. 312-11 of the French Mining Code concerning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 786

For the levying of transfer duties free of charge, no account shall be taken of the family relationship resulting from simple adoption.This provision does not apply to transfers falling within the sco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73

…Article R. 5121-68. The website of the Haute Autorité de santé provides access to the summary of product characteristics, the labelling and the package leaflet mentioned in Article R. 5121-69, publish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70

…te Autorité de santé. The protocol is drawn up in conjunction with the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé when the authorisation is granted under 1° of II of Article L…

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