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Showing 33013310 of 29475 articles for Art. Décret 2022-1691 du 28-12-2022

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-45

The provisions of I of article 721-2 are not applicable to convicts subject to a probationary suspension, socio-judicial monitoring, judicial supervision, home detention under electronic monitoring, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-48

Where the provisions of I of article 721-2, the person must be summoned by the sentence enforcement judge of the judicial court in whose jurisdiction he is to reside, within a maximum period of one mo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-46

…n be subject to certain control measures or prohibitions for a period equal to all or part of the reductions in sentence from which he or she has benefited, the sentenced person shall be informed, at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2221-10

The duties of a member of the Board of Directors or the Operating Board are free of charge. However, travel expenses incurred by directors to attend meetings of the Board of Directors or the Operating…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 919-64

…ks for which it is justified that there are particular difficulties in distributing them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to the significant drop in attendance at cinemas in the con…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-112

…sales company under the various support measures put in place by the State and the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée;6° The amount of the sums entered in the foreign sales company's auto…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3833-1

The provisions of Chapter III of Title I and those of Title II of Book IV of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 3833-2 and L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-15

…are necessary to provide each partner with a copy and to comply with the provisions of l'article 7 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 et à celles de la présente sous-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-2

Article L. 1220-1 and Chapter I of Title II of Book II of this Part in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-51 of 19 January 2017, with the exception of Articles L. 1221-2 and L. 1221-9, are appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-3

…following paragraph is inserted:"By way of derogation from article 850 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, contraventions of regulations applicable locally in order to prevent and limit the consequence…

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