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Showing 921930 of 67800 articles for Art. 356 and 370-1-4

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Services provided by an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-4

The institutions referred to in Article L. 370-1 may not cover up to 30% of the commitments relating to these operations with matching assets.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Display and distribution of decisions

Article 433 bis

…r the offence provided for in Article 459(1a), the court shall order that the sentence be displayed and disseminated under the conditions provided for in Articles 131-35 or 131-39 of the Criminal Code…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-4

…ssions with the person he is assisting or the information he has obtained by consulting the minutes and attending the hearings and confrontations.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-4

International agreements concerning both areas of State competence and areas of regional competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of Articles L. 4433-4-2 and L. 4433-4-3-2 is not applied, ne…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-43

…tment referred to in Article R. 351-6 or the transitional measures referred to in Articles L. 351-4 and L. 351-5 are applied, the participating and parent undertakings referred to respectively in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-4

…the accused may expressly waive his opposition. The criminal order then becomes enforceable again and a new opposition is not admissible.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-4

…down in the first paragraph of Article 432. However, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of the doctor mentioned in article 431, decide that there is no need to proceed wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 45

The Public Prosecutor at the Judicial Court acts as Public Prosecutor before the Police Court for 5th class offences not covered by the fixed fine procedure. He may also occupy it in any matter before…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 47

If there are several police commissioners at the place where the police court sits, the public prosecutor shall designate the one who shall perform the functions of the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The Public Prosecutor's Office at the Police Court

Article 46

…osecutor shall appoint, for a full year, one or more replacements from among the commissioners, commanders or captains of police residing within the jurisdiction of the judicial court..

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