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Showing 181190 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 12-1

The public prosecutor and the examining magistrate are free to choose the panels to which the judicial police officers belong.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-1

For the allocation of automatic financial aid in the form of investment allowances, an account known as an "automatic account" is opened in the name of each beneficiary in the accounts of the Centre n…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-10

…utomatic account will also be closed if the holder ceases to be active after exercising, where applicable, the option permitted by the provisions of Article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1218-1

The application for the protection of a person of full age provided for in article 1218 also mentions the persons belonging to the entourage of the adult to be protected listed in the first paragraph…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1219-1

The requests sent by the public prosecutor to guardianship judges contain the information mentioned in articles 1216-1 to 1216-3.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1214-1

Cases relating to the legal protection of adults shall be communicated to the Public Prosecutor's Office in accordance with the provisions of Articles 424 and 426 to 428 of this code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

…lood depot must meet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of the Minister for Heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-20-1

…shall be held within a maximum period of six months following the opening of the first or second vacancy that could not be filled by appointing an alternate member.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-1

…nancial trajectory, the timeframe within which these negotiations must be concluded and, where applicable, the objectives for changes to the rules of the unemployment insurance scheme. It details the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 209

The record of the proceedings shall remain deposited at the registry for forty-eight hours in the case of pre-trial detention, and for five days in all other cases. It shall then proceed in accordance…

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