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Showing 46414650 of 66871 articles for Art. s. 1591 and 1592 · Cass. com. 3 May 1977

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-59

…ssion of an offence provided for by articles 222-19-1 or 222-20-1 of the Penal Code or articles L. 234-1 or L. 234-8 of the Highway Code or any other offence or contravention giving rise to the withdr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-52

…to the court clerk's office against a receipt within the allotted time. If the item has been seized and is still in the possession of the investigating department, the latter is notified of the valida…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-53

…is permit, he will be given a receipt. When the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 15-33-41, in exchange for his or her licence, the person concerned shall be issued with a certificate c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-51

…of a settlement fine, payment is made to an accountant of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and exclusively, by way of derogation from Article 25 of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 rel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Continuing vocational training

Article R814-28-3

The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et mandataires judiciaires defines the general guidelines and the various subjects to which the training obligation relates.During the first two ye…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…Total cessation of the economic operator's activity ; 2° Cessation of activity related to tobacco ; 3° Loss of the status of supplier, approved manufacturer, purchaser-reseller or distributor of tobac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Inter-company savings plan

Article R3333-3

In the event of voluntary profit-sharing under the conditions of article L. 3323-6, the agreement establishing the inter-company savings plan specifies the formula for calculating the special profit-s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Temporary or permanent closure.

Article R5125-30

…he event of the temporary or permanent closure of a pharmacy, pursuant to articles L. 4212-8, L. 4223-3, L. 5423-7 or L. 5424-19, the proprietor of the pharmacy shall hand over the prescription book t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article D2135-31

In application of the provisions of 3° of article L. 2135-13, the fund allocates the credits between each of the organisations mentioned in 3° of article L. 2135-12 on the basis of their audience in a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-3

…rights provided for by this Code, except in the cases provided for by the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 123-4. These rights subsist in the person of the author or his su…

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