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Showing 15111520 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Judgment and minutes

Article 376

The court clerk writes the judgment; the legal texts applied are indicated.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 5: Weight of goods.

Article 37

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance lay down the conditions under which goods taxed by weight must be checked and the arrangements for full imported packaging. The taxable weight…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 306-1

For the trial of the crimes against humanity mentioned in Subtitle I of Title I of Book II of the Criminal Code, the crime of enforced disappearance mentioned in Article 221-12 of the same code, the c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Obligations of employers and debtors

Article 87-0 A bis

The debtors mentioned in a of 2° of B of article 204 C who pay salaries and wages under the conditions provided for in the same 2° declare each year to the tax authorities, for each beneficiary, infor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Agreements with host companies

Article D6325-30

In application of the second paragraph of article L. 6325-2, the employee may not spend more than half of the training time in a company other than the one employing him under the professionalisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30-2

I. - When, on the basis of a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 refers the matter to the Public Prosecutor, it shall inform the person re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts.

Article L626-30-2

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1b: General provisions relating to the hosting of personal health data

Article R1111-8-8

I. - The activity of hosting personal health data referred to in I of Article L. 1111-8 consists of hosting personal health data collected in the course of prevention, diagnosis, care or social and me…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions.

Article L5134-30-2

…by the département, the département contributes to the financing of the aid referred to in article L. 5134-19-1. This contribution is determined, under conditions set by decree, by reference to the f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-1

…ments held in accounts opened specifically for this purpose under the conditions set out in Article L. 522-17. In the event of the opening of safeguard, reorganisation or liquidation proceedings again…

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