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Showing 27712780 of 2859 articles for Art. 23 févr. 1994

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…or in 5° of the Article 313-2 of the Criminal Code; 4° The offences provided for by the articles L. 2339-1 to L. 2339-11, L. 2344-7 et L. 2353-13 of the Defence Code; 5° Offences under the articles 32…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…company that meets the conditions set out in article 211-3; 2° "Authors" sub-group: a) A maximum of 23 points are allocated to the "Authors" sub-group, divided between the following positions:-directo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-4-1 (art. A212-76)

…l perspective OI 122 EC Mobilise internal resources in the preparation of a development project OI 123 EC Lead a project engineering process OI 124 CE Formalise a development project OI 125 EC Prepare…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Coordination between the treatment of over-indebtedness and the procedure for establishing that a lease has been terminated

Article L714-1

…aw No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1290 du 23 décembre 1986, the commission imposes new deadlines and payment terms for this debt, of which the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-27-2

…aff of the Court of Auditors. To do so, he shall implement the procedures defined in article R. 143-23 of the Financial Jurisdictions Code and by the Order of 21 June 2011.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…dicinal product intended for a limited market, to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018;2° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

…le in a Member State of the European Union other than that in which the product or service is sold; 23° In an advertisement, giving the impression, through nationally coordinated promotional operation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…ion provided for in article 222-39;- the offence of risks caused to others provided for in article 223-1, when committed while driving a vehicle;- the offence of recourse to prostitution provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-22

…ise of this right in application of the same articles, under the conditions set by the town council;23° To take the decisions mentioned in articles L. 523-4 and L. 523-5 of the Heritage Code relating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…nstitutions for collective occupational retirement mentioned in I of Article 8 of Order 2006-344 of 23 March 2006 or collective retirement savings plans mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 an…

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