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Showing 46714680 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-18

…dicial police and specialised agents, technicians or engineers of the technical and forensic police acting in application of the provisions of I of article 706-56 may only access the file directly to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-12

…he quality assurance system is set up, evaluated and updated in accordance with the rules of good practice;-ensuring that the biovigilance system is applied.With the exception of establishments or org…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Partial access

Article R4002-2

…ons laid down in I of article L. 4002-3, and including an examination of the scope of the partial practice applied for, the training qualifications, professional experience and lifelong learning recog…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Managing Director.

Article R5322-14

…ppointed for a period of three years, renewable once. He manages the establishment. He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of article R. 5322-11. He prepares th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-8

…incapacity resulting ipso jure from the conviction, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 132-21 of the Criminal Code, or the exclusion of the mention of the conviction from bulletin no. 2 or no…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Penalties and precautionary measures

Article L211-23

…one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros to:-engaging in or assisting in any of the transactions referred to in articles L. 211-1 and L. 211-4 without complying with or having ceased to com…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-3-1

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by Article L. 218-2 may not prohibit: 1° Acts of hyperlinking; 2° The use of isolated words or very short extracts from a press publication. This exception ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Scope of protection

Article L342-1

The database producer has the right to prohibit: 1° Extraction, by permanent or temporary transfer of all or a qualitatively or quantitatively substantial part of the contents of a database to another…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Civil rights

Article 9-1

…tion of innocence. When a person is, prior to any conviction, publicly presented as being guilty of acts that are the subject of a judicial investigation or enquiry, the judge may, even in summary pro…

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

Article 41-3-1 A

…iation, from a delegation of authority for this purpose acknowledges its criminal liability for the acts of which it is accused. The maximum amount of the composition fine that may be proposed is then…

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