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Showing 17311740 of 29800 articles for Art. 15 mai 1990

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-24

…he platoons and brigades of the maritime gendarmerie other than those mentioned in 7° of Article R. 15-23;6° Family protection centres.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° ter : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of press companies.

Article 199 terdecies-0 C

1. a. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes, within the meaning of the article 4 B, are entitled to an income tax reduction equal to 30% of payments made up to 31 December 2024 in respect of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

I. - Taxpayers domiciled for tax purposes in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 25% of the amount of interest on loans taken out to acqu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of the joint regional inter-trade committee

Article L2411-25

The dismissal of an employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only take place after authorisation from the Labour Inspector. This a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Joint police and gendarmerie services

Article R15-26-1

The automated road traffic offence recording centre constitutes a joint service within which the officers and agents of the judicial police of the national police and gendarmerie carry out their usual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 15: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics or identification of a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes.

Article D6124-178

The technical operating conditions applicable to health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories carrying out analyses to determine a person's genetic characteristics or to identify th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-2

The public prosecutor, after gathering the observations of the investigating judge(s) and, where applicable, the juvenile court judge(s), as well as those of the president(s) of the criminal division(…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-4

The rating established by the public prosecutor is brought directly to the attention of the judicial police officer, who may submit comments in writing within a period of fifteen days, at the end of w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-1

In the event of a change of assignment of a judicial police officer within the jurisdiction of another court of appeal, including in the event of temporary secondment pursuant to the second paragraph…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44

…down by the judicial authority pursuant to the provisions of the articles 16-1,16-3, 224 à 229, R. 15-2 et R. 15-5, and in particular a copy of the authorisation orders;3° Notice of any promotions th…

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