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Showing 38313840 of 21543 articles for Art. Rép. Fromantin: AN 11-6-2013 n° 20830

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-120

Decisions on the placement, extension and modification of electronically monitored house arrest are taken by the liberty and custody judge, on the basis of a written and reasoned request from the Depu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments

Article L3334-6

The collective retirement savings plan may receive, at the initiative of the participants, payments of sums from profit-sharing, incentive schemes and other voluntary payments and contributions from c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

…whom the investigation has been referred refuses to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the competent public prosecutor shall designate the magistrate compet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

…ed to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in articles L. 271-4 to L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Risk assessment

Article R4433-6

…to the health or safety of workers, the employer shall determine the measures to be taken in accordance with Articles R. 4432-3 and R. 4434-6, as well as the provisions of Chapters IV and V. The empl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Micro-farming scheme

Article 64 bis

I.-Subject to articles 76 and 76 A, the taxable profit of farmers who are not subject to the tax system defined in article 69 is determined in application of the present article.The taxable profit, be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Share capital.

Article R6223-64

Pursuant to III ofarticle 6 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status or whose title is protected and to comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-69

Any drawer who issues a cheque without indicating the place of issue or without a date, or who covers a cheque with a false date, or who draws a cheque on a person other than a banker, is liable to a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-6

…in article L. 6113-1, those leading to attestations of validation of blocks of skills within the meaning of the same article L. 6113-1 and those leading to certifications and authorisations registere…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…on of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article…

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