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Showing 33413350 of 34523 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6 janvier 1986

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-68

…sons governed by private law likely to be the subject of the requests mentioned in Article R. 15-33-67 are: 1° Electronic communications operators as defined in Article L. 34-1 of the French Post and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-6

…to their withdrawal are taken, insofar as they fall within the remit of the Etablissement Français du Sang, by the President of the establishment, after obtaining the opinion of the Board of Director…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-6

…18 to the competent authority of the State concerned within one month, in accordance with the procedure and conditions laid down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliame…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

The procedures for applying this Title, and in particular: 1° The procedures for filing and updating the declarations provided for in Article L. 5211-3-1 ; 2° The procedures for issuing medical device…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

…f the Mutual Code, nor to supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L. 381-1 du code des assurances, ni les mutuelles ou unions de retraite professionnelle supplémentaire mentio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-23

…dial sentence of at least three years' imprisonment or by a custodial security measure of a similar duration and fall within one of the categories of offences provided for in Article 694-32.Where the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article D6152-633-1

…e establishment, within the framework of the territorial hospital groupings mentioned in article L. 6132-1, when the shared medical project mentioned in I of article R. 6132-3 is adopted. The territor…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: The adversarial procedure prior to decision-making

Article 67 A

With regard to duties and taxes levied in accordance with the rules, guarantees, privileges and penalties set out in this Code, any finding likely to lead to taxation gives rise to a prior exchange of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-6

By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article L. 5126-1 : 1° For reasons of public health, in the interest of patients or, where applicable, at the request of the ministers responsible for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-6

…under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2334-2, and the number of children aged between 3 and 16, established by the Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques at the last popu…

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