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Showing 961970 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…notified to the public prosecutor and the parties. Within five days of its notification, this order may be referred, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the public prosecutor or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-132

I.-Where a registration has been made or an authorisation issued for a limited period, it may be renewed at the request of the person responsible for the nuclear activity, submitted no later than six…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-13

…lowing paragraph. The sentence enforcement judge or the president of the sentence enforcement court may, however, decide that the adversarial hearing will be held in the judicial court when the withdr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-137

…he date on which work is due to start on a given operation, as referred to in 4° of Article R. 4412-133, the employer shall send the demolition, removal or encapsulation plan, using the DEMAT @ MIANTE…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-13

…on referred to in article R. 6153-10 and in 1° and 3° of article D. 6153-10-1 is maintained.Interns may be granted unpaid parental leave for a maximum of three hundred and ten days over a period of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Financial products benefiting international organisations, foreign sovereign States, their central banks or financial institutions

Article 131 sexies

…taxes provided for in 1 and 2 of Article 119 bis and the levy provided for in III of Article 125 A may be reduced or waived in respect of:The products mentioned in I which benefit foreign public inst…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 E

…nicipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-135

…its power or authority under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 225-129-1 or L. 225-129-2, may cancel preferential subscription rights for the entire capital increase or for one or more tranc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2312-13

Purchasers may conclude a defence or security contract at provisional prices only in the following cases:1° When, in the case of complex services or services using a new technique and either of an imp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131

…h the national best practice guidelines mentioned in article R. 6123-91-9, the collegial discussion may be replaced by a recording.In clinical situations requiring emergency treatment to be administer…

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