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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16

…ply to the prosecution, investigation and trial of escape offences incriminated by the articles 434-27 to 434-37 of the same code, offences of criminal conspiracy provided for in article 450-1 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-31

I.-When the corrective measures taken in application of article R. 1321-27 do not enable the quality of the water to be re-established at the point of compliance defined in 1° of article R. 1321-5, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…eal capital expenditure in 2009 compared to the average of their real capital expenditure for 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, the expenditure to be taken into consideration is, from 2009, that relating to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1590

I. - An annual tax is introduced, proportional to the surface area of each exclusive licence to prospect for liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons. The tax shall be paid by the holder of the exclusive licenc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-5

…Located on the Continental Shelf, done at Rome on 10 March 1988 and revised at London on 14 October 2005, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

…eme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, contributions to pension schemes pursuant to articles L. 2123-27 and L. 2123-28, contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 as well as the training cos…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-23

…applicable, these representatives shall be appointed under the conditions set out in Article L. 225-27.The directors mentioned in the first paragraph of this Article shall, at their request, benefit f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L156-2

…nditions laid down by the rules in force in mainland France pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…the application of the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Communities on the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Cashless money instruments

Article D734-12

…articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 133-1 to D. 133-32009-934 of 29 July 2009D. 133-4No. 2017-1314 of 31 August 2017D. 133-5 to D. 133-7n° 2009-934 of 29 July 2009D. 133-8 to D. 133-12N…

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