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Showing 31013110 of 70754 articles for Art. L 225-209-2 · Arts. R 225-160-1 to R 225-160-3

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

Where, on the one hand, the request for information relates to an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 695-23 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least thr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-3

The death certificate referred to in article L. 1232-1 is drawn up on a document, the model for which is set by order of the Minister for Health. When the death certificate is drawn up for a person in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-317

The keeper of the National Register of Companies, informed by any administrative or judicial authority via the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1 and under the conditions provided for in Articl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for investment in leisure property.

Article L421-3-1

Article 199 decies F of the French General Tax Code sets out the rules applicable to tax reductions for work carried out on certain accommodation forming part of a classified tourist residence or a cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-276-1

The dental surgeon or the practice partnership may, with authorisation, enlist the help of other employees, self-employed persons or student assistants. This authorisation is given by the departmental…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-105-2

The company exploiting a veterinary medicinal product may not communicate to the public information on this veterinary medicinal product relating to pharmacovigilance without transmitting it, beforeha…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-3

I. - Assets held by the custodian shall not be re-used by the custodian, or by any third party to whom the custodian's custodial function has been delegated, for their own account.A re-use is any oper…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11-3

The depositary may be held liable to the unit-holders or shareholders of the UCITS directly, or indirectly through the management company or the SICAV, to the extent of the loss suffered and subject t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-35

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice may, on a proposal from the commission provided for in Article R. 742-36, grant the clerk referred to in Article R. 742-33 a partial exemption from the tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions applicable to overseas departments and regions.

Article R732-3

The judges of the mixed commercial courts are elected under the conditions set out in articles R. 723-1 to R. 723-31.

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