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Showing 15911600 of 52951 articles for Art. 80 bis IV al. 2

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 223

He may refer the matter to the Investigating Chamber for a ruling on the continued detention of an accused person in pre-trial detention..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221

…ch investigating office every six months, mentioning, for each case, the date of the last investigative act carried out. Cases involving persons under investigation who are in provisional detention sh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261

…gulated market excluding those which determine the termination of the commodity chain;5° (Repealed).2. (Agriculture and fisheries):1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° services provided as part of mutual ai…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The General Council.

Article R142-2

The General Council draws up its own rules of procedure.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 nonies

I. - Real estate investment funds are undertakings for collective real estate investment and professional undertakings for collective real estate investment, referred to in paragraph 3 of sub-section…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tie-breaking.

Article L1454-2

In the event of a tie, the case is referred back to the same adjudication panel or the same summary proceedings panel, presided over by a judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the seat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-2

The conditions under which the employers referred to in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 are required to transmit, by electronic means, the declaration referred to in I of article L. 1262-2-1 of this…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Intermediary activity

Article L342-2

…ses to be disseminated advertising that does not comply with the obligations set out in article L. 322-2 is punishable by a fine of 150,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article R824-2

…L. 500-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The General Reporter authorises investigators on an individual basis for a renewable period of three years. When, for the specific needs of an investigatio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subtitle I: General provisions

Article 2323

…is the allocation of an asset or a group of assets, present or future, to the preferential or exclusive payment of the creditor.

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