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Showing 4150 of 62763 articles for Art. Arrêté DEVL1507007A of 23-3-2015

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trust as security

Article 2372-3

In the absence of payment of the secured debt and unless otherwise stipulated in the trust agreement, the trustee, where it is the creditor, acquires the free disposal of the property or right assigne…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-3

I.- Except in cases where the period of Ineligibility is not applied or is reduced under the conditions provided for in article L. 232-23-3-10 and without prejudice to the granting of a suspended susp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-23

The customs officer appointed to carry out a judicial police mission shall immediately report to the public prosecutor or the requesting investigating judge if the latter has ordered such diligence. H…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-23-3

…and precautionary measures taken pursuant to article L. 321-23-2 may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal. The appeal may be lodged with the first president of the said court, acting in summary pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-23-3

The determination of the grade and number of staff occupying the management posts referred to in Article R. 1424-19 and the posts in the health subdirectorate referred to in Article R. 1424-25 is not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Cemeteries, cinerary sites and funeral operations

Article R2223-23-3

…defined in Article R. 2213-40.In cinerary sites not subject to concessions, the deposit and removal of an urn from a plot are subject to prior declaration to the mayor of the municipality in which the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-23

…tment fund may relate to :a) Commodities. Exposure to any one commodity contract may not exceed 10% of the assets. Significant correlations between commodity contracts entered into by the general purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

By way of derogation from I of Article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense a comparable product by way of substitution for the product prescribed if the following conditions are met: 1° This produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-3

I.-During the opposition proceedings, the proprietor of the contested patent may amend the claims of that patent provided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-3

…1-23-2 by analysing all elements relating to the medical devices he manufactures and taking account of public information relating to similar medical devices. This analysis shall specify, in particula…

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