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Showing 82918300 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-126

The authorisation is issued to the natural or legal person responsible for the nuclear activity and is not transferable. It may impose appropriate restrictions on the conditions under which the nuclea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-11

The following are not considered to be personal protective equipment within the meaning of Article R. 4311-8: 1° Personal protective equipment designed and manufactured specifically for the armed forc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 39-1

…ments the criminal policy defined by the general instructions of the Minister of Justice, specified and, where appropriate, adapted by the public prosecutor. In addition to the specific reports that h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Applications for review and reconsideration

Article 622-1

A review of a final criminal judgment may be requested for the benefit of any person convicted of an offence where it follows from a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that the conviction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-115

When a partner finds himself holding all of the company's shares, he may ask to be appointed clerk of the commercial court himself, in place of the company. In this case, he shall send a reasoned requ…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-10

…mitting a customs offence, customs detention takes place under the conditions set out for detention and police custody in articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-5, L. 411-1 and L. 413-1 to L. 413-15 of the Frenc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-1

Customs officers may only arrest and detain a person if they are caught in the act of committing a customs offence punishable by a prison sentence and if this measure is justified by the needs of the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-11

…purposes of the customs investigation, customs officers may, during customs detention, in the constant and effective presence of the detainee, examine the contents of documents, whatever their medium…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11°: Expropriation and easements in the public interest

Article 1045

I. - Plans, minutes, certificates, notifications, contracts and other acts made pursuant to articles L. 141-1, L. 251-1, L. 331-5, L. 441-1 and L. 531-1 of the code de l'expropriation pour cause d'uti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special declaration system

Article 102 ter

…the time worked during the reference year, does not exceed €77,700 is equal to the gross amount of annual receipts less a flat-rate allowance of 34%. This allowance may not be less than €305.Capital…

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