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Showing 15511560 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530

…2, in the second paragraph of Article 529-5 or the second paragraph of III of Article 529-6 is enforced in accordance with the rules laid down by this Code for the enforcement of police judgments. The…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 712-6

Complementary aid is granted and its amount determined taking into consideration the production budget of the work and its means of financing, as well as the appropriateness of the production expenses…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 611-7

…nematographic works in the form of videograms intended for the private use of the public in compliance with the provisions of articles…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-7

In addition to the judicial police officers and labour inspection officers mentioned in article L. 8112-1, the offences defined in articles L. 4744-1 to L. 4744-5 are recorded by the persons provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-7

The depositary may be held liable to the holders of units, debt securities or shares issued by the securitisation undertaking either directly or indirectly through the management company.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-7

…1 or in this Code or in Articles 6 or 7 of Article L. 612-39 of the Monetary and Financial Code concerns an undertaking referred to in 4° of Article L. 310-2 and which is subject to an overall solven…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of management (R)

Article R2221-71

…nicipal council decide to temporarily suspend or permanently halt the operations of the public service authority. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 2221-16 and R. 2221-17 apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

Article R7343-71

Without prejudice to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of indivi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-66

The convicted person may not be placed in detention or under house arrest with electronic monitoring pursuant to article 142-5 only if the remaining sentence to be served is two years or more, except…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article R512-7

…of article R. 511-2 is required to ensure that they meet the conditions of good repute and competence set out in this section which apply to them.

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