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Showing 91100 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Id: Certifiers abroad

Article 1649 quater N

For the application of c of 1° of 7 of Article 158, professionals or organisations which do not have a permanent establishment in France but which are established in a Member State of the European Uni…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article D. 211-2 du code de la consommation

…tation of the legal guarantee of conformity in the event of the appearance of a lack of conformity. During this period, the consumer is only required to establish the existence of the lack of conformi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Inter-regional centres specialising in environmental and public health offences

Article 706-2-2

…to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment: 1° Of the offences provided for in articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5426-1, L. 5432-1, L. 5432-2, L. 5432-3, L. 5438-4, L. 5438-6, L. 5439-1,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2

…pe of Article 706-16, may communicate to the specialised intelligence services mentioned in article L. 811-2 du code de la sécurité intérieure, on its own initiative or at the request of these service…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Inter-regional centres specialising in environmental and public health offences

Article 706-2

…case of misdemeanours, the judgment of the offences defined below in cases relating to a health product as defined by the article L. 5311-1 du code de la santé publique or to a product intended for h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-70

…social and economic committee at the plenary meeting referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 2315-68.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those referred to in Article 704 may, for the offences listed in this article, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-27

…shall be determined by decree, shall have jurisdiction to try the crimes referred to in Article 706-26 and related offences. For the trial of defendants who have reached the age of majority, the rules…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-2

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for the offences referred to in Article 705, request the investigating judge initially seised to relinquish jurisdiction in favo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-21

In the cases provided for in article 706-18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to reli…

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