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Showing 14711480 of 63703 articles for Art. L. 237-29 and L. 237-31

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

Environmental judicial officers are appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister f…

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

Article R15-33-29-2

…article 29-1 or if it fails to comply with the provisions of l'article R. 15-33-29-1. The principal and the private security guard must, prior to the decision, have been given the opportunity to prese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Complaints

Article R7111-31-1

The chairman of the High Commission represents the State before the competent courts in the event of litigation relating to the decisions of this Commission, with the exception of appeals before the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to Paris.

Article R*3131-15

The powers vested in the representative of the State in the department by this chapter are exercised in Paris by the Prefect of Police.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Special conditions for the "cardiovascular" designation

Article D6124-177-31

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-3, the multidisciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one dietician; 3° At least one psychologist.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31-0 bis

…ncome from property regime, unless the owner is a natural or legal person covered by the industrial and commercial profits regime. A lessee taxed under the income from land regime benefits, where appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-31

…115, the Statutory Auditor shall give his opinion on the market value of the share. He shall verify and certify the fairness of the information taken from the company's accounts on which he gives this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-31-1

…letion or rectification, the interested party may, pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 230-8 and the fourth paragraph of Article 230-9, refer the matter to the President of the Investigating Ch…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to the tribunal de grande instance.

Article ANNEXE, art. 31

…ivery to the court registry of an originating document in duplicate signed by the claimant's lawyer and containing all the particulars referred to in articles 56 with the exception of its second and s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Obligations to report to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor

Article D47-1-31

…which come under the budget of the European Union, the budgets of the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the European Union or the budgets managed and controlled directly by them, and if th…

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