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Showing 33213330 of 57757 articles for Art. s. L 623-4 to L 623-13

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

Judicial supervision may be ordered by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under investigation is liable to a correctional prison sentence or a more serious penal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-13

The court clerk shall notify the co-contractor of the decision of the juge-commissaire granting the administrator the extension provided for in 1° of III of Article L. 622-13. The juge-commissaire dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R744-13

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Mandates entrusted by local authorities and their public establishments

Article D1611-32-13

The authorised body shall submit the accounts provided for in article D. 1611-22 at least once a year. This presentation shall take place within a timeframe that allows the principal's public accounta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-1-B

Credit institutions and finance companies shall put in place systems, strategies and procedures, which shall be subject to the regular internal control referred to in Article L. 511-55, enabling them…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395

The following are exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties:1° Land sown, planted or replanted with woodland, for the first thirty years of sowing, planting or replanting. From 1 January of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Number of points required

Article 211-13

I.-Feature-length cinematographic works must obtain at least 25 points out of 100. A derogation may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for foreign-initia…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-13

I.-The professionals referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 444-1 are prohibited from requesting or receiving for services subject to tariffs any sum other than those set by these tariffs. I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-135

In the case of demolition, the demolition plan provides for the prior removal of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, except where this would pose a greater risk to workers than if the asbestos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-136

The latest versions of demolition, removal or encapsulation plans, in any medium, are communicated once a quarter to the occupational physician and to the social and economic committee.

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