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Showing 17311740 of 14512 articles for Art. CE 25-7-1986 n° 41921

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

…rticle 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the sentence enforcement court pursuant to article 712-7 are taken by reasoned order of the sentence enforceme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-3

When the length of the sentence served is at least equal to twice the length of the sentence still to be served, the situation of the convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences of a tota…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-73

Only the following expenditure directly allocated to the preparation of the work, excluding the production company's own operating expenditure, is eligible for investment of the sums entered in the au…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules applicable to the dissemination of advertisements.

Article L8221-7

Any person who publishes, disseminates or causes to be disseminated by any means an offer of service or sale or an advertisement intended to make his professional activity known to the public must: 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3313-7

…nt of provisions; 3° Presentation of the methods used for depreciation; 4° Presentation of the balance of financial transactions; 5° Presentation of the statement of charges transferred to investment;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-7

…coefficient of 3. 5° A test lasting one and a half hours on employment law related to collective procedures. The mark is assigned a coefficient of 3. 6° A test lasting two hours consisting of a summar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by persons required to register

Article R123-77

…Trade and Companies Register is made via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, with the exception, however, of the filing of deeds and documents for which the original must be provided and w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional health plan

Article R1434-7

…equipment mentioned in article L. 6122-1 and the provision of medico-social establishments and services. These objectives take into account the activities and equipment mentioned in the decree provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-7

…he population of the commune, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.2° An allowance proportional to surface area, equal to 3.22 euros per hectare from 2011 and 5.37 euros per hectar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22

…n deciding whether to grant one of the measures provided for in Articles 712-6 and 712-7, the sentence enforcement courts may in the same judgment, at the request of the convicted person, relieve him…

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