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Showing 101110 of 35480 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-7-1995 n° 1533

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article R212-7-5

On receipt of the application, if the file is complete, the Prefect will inform the applicant of his registration number and the date by which he must be notified of the decision. Subject to the provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-5

The AIF or its management company shall send the information mentioned in Article D. 214-32-7-6:1° To the company concerned ;2° To the shareholders of the company concerned whose identity and contact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

Any person whose identity is entered in the file may ask the public prosecutor to rectify or order the deletion of information concerning him or her if the information is not accurate or if its retent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-6

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is informed of this by the judicial authority, either by notification in person, or by registered letter sent to the last declared address, or, failin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-7

The person shall be notified by any means of the order for placement in judicial isolation, renewal of this measure or refusal to terminate it. This order may be referred by the detainee to the presid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-7

Information for people with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-2

Where they concern, subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of this Article, one or more of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47, information relating to the identity as well as the addres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-5

The corporate bodies of a market undertaking made up of the persons referred to in Article L. 421-7: 1° Define and supervise the implementation of a system of governance that guarantees the efficient…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-7

Practitioners placed on compulsory lay-off pursuant to the fifth paragraph of article L. 6152-5-2 may benefit from the insurance allowance provided for in article L. 5424-1 of the Labour Code under th…

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