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Showing 11011110 of 45755 articles for Art. L 2124-33 · Cass. com. 18 September 2007 n° 05-20.708

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-33

If the requests provided for in Article 706-53-10, the public prosecutor shall inform the department managing the file of the decision, which shall immediately proceed, depending on the case, to delet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-64

If the proposed settlement is approved, the mayor sends or gives the offender a document informing him of this approval, specifying the amount of compensation to be paid or the terms of performance of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-71

Any request to make information available shall be the subject of a report by the judicial police officer indicating the recipient of the request and the nature of the information requested. In the ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

The application submitted by an association shall include in particular: 1° A copy of the Journal officiel publishing the declaration of the association or, as regards the departments of Bas-Rhin, Hau…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-63

If the offender accepts the proposal, the mayor forwards it to the public prosecutor for approval by the competent judicial authority, together with the reports recording the offence.Where the propose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed measures

Article R15-33-39

The person to whom a penal composition is proposed may ask to be given a period of ten days before making known his decision after having, if necessary, been assisted by a lawyer. If they request this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-61

The settlement proposal made by the mayor in accordance with the provisions of article 44-1 shall be sent by registered letter or delivered against receipt in duplicate to the offender within one mont…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-33-1

I.-When the director of the institution refers a case to the liberty and custody judge, in application of II of article L. 3222-5-1, the request is presented under the conditions set out in article R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

I.-In application of 7° of article L. 5125-1-1 A, the patient may designate a pharmacist who holds a dispensary or who manages a mutualist or miner's aid pharmacy, participating in the same coordinate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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