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Showing 701710 of 54001 articles for Art. D. 146-1

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-19

…with the provisions of Article 712-17 or a search note in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 49-20, or rule in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-9.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-11

…sentence enforcement judge, unless the application is inadmissible under the provisions of Article D. 49-12. The enforcement judge and the enforcement court are not obliged to respond to requests mad…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-13

If the sentenced person is not incarcerated, the adversarial hearings provided for by Articles 712-6 and 712-7 are held in the judicial court. If the convicted person is imprisoned, these hearings are…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-18

The judgement is handed down in chambers. If the judgement is handed down immediately, a copy of the judgement is given to the convicted person and, where applicable, to his lawyer, against a signatur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Government auditors and financial activities audit mission

Article D615-1

The Government Commissioners represent the State in the bodies to which they are appointed pursuant to the provisions of article L. 615-1. They also represent the State in the bodies to which a Govern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article D3324-1

The salaries to be used to calculate the amount of the special employee profit-sharing reserve referred to in Article L. 3324-1 are the income from employment as taken into account to determine the ba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions of assignment for reservists

Article D3134-1

When the Minister for Health calls on the health reserve in application of I of article L. 3134-1, the Director General of the Agence nationale de santé publique may conclude an agreement with each or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the commune of Marseille (R).

Article D2513-1

The commune of Marseille is divided into sixteen municipal arrondissements, in accordance with the table of districts and the plan appended to decree no. 46-2285 of 18 October 1946.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-1

Addiction treatment, support and prevention centres provide the following services for people with risky consumption, harmful use or dependence on psychoactive substances, and for their families and f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-10

The medicinal products are kept in a place to which persons not belonging to the organisation do not have free access and are stored under the conditions laid down in the marketing authorisation, unde…

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