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Showing 86018610 of 61111 articles for Art. R 151-1–R 151-9

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12

In the case of placement under judicial supervision as provided for in 5° of Article 706-53-2, informing the person and providing the document provided for in Article R. 53-8-9 are made by the investi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition

Article R1432-127

Staff representatives on the committee are appointed from among the employees of the regional health agencies referred to in Article L. 1432-9 by the trade unions represented on the agency committees.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-44

When information has been transmitted by a service or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 to the competent service of a Member State and the latter intends to communicate it to another State or to us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-13

The mandatory prior administrative appeal provided for in VI of article L. 2333-87 is exercised, within a period of one month from the date of notification of the payment notice for the parking charge…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to pledges of securities registered in a shared electronic recording device

Article R211-14-1

I.-If the issuer or its authorised agent responsible for registering the financial instruments in the shared electronic registration system in accordance with article R. 211-3 is not a person authoris…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-1

Unless otherwise provided by this Book: 1° The rules of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply in matters governed by Book VI of the Legislative Part of this Code; 2° Notifications of decisions made…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and composition

Article R7124-1

The economic, social, environmental, culture and education council comprises sixty members, distributed as follows:1° Fourteen representatives of businesses and self-employed professional activities i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DECISION REQUIRING LEAVING FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R611-1

To establish the state of health of the foreign national referred to in 9° of article L. 611-3, the administrative authority takes into account an opinion issued by a panel of doctors with national co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-15

Withdrawal of the approval provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 5122-9 is decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after…

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