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Showing 33313340 of 22260 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Oct. 2016 – no. 15-13.834

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-35

…shall contain the information listed in the model in Annex B to Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006 and specifying, in particular: 1° The expected time limit for transmitting the info…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

Article R49-36

Where, on the one hand, the request for information relates to an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 695-23 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least thr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article R1526-1

…hall apply in the territories of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2017-888 of 6 May 2017 on the group action and the action for recognition of rights provided for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D351-10

…the same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR WORDS D. 314-15 to D. 314-17 Resulting from décret n° 2016-884 du 29 juin 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment et l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article R754-1

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 Oc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

…ise the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 with the Conseil national de…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-31

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-21 to R. 15-33-24 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised judicial environmental officers.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L783-9

…f c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 O…

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