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Showing 341350 of 61067 articles for Art. L. n° 70-9 du 2 janvier 1970

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-70

The authorisation referred to in Article 8 of L. 511-6 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment

Article R6152-706

The contract shall specify : 1° The qualifications of the practitioner concerned ; 2° The nature of the duties performed as well as the service obligations incumbent upon the practitioner expressed in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-147

…y are ordered after the date of cessation of payments and notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 632-1 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-52

During the investigation and information, the hearing of a minor who is the victim of one of the offences referred to in Article 706-47 shall be the subject of an audiovisual recording. Under the same…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-36

…d of up to three months, the total or partial closure of: 1° An establishment referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 225-10 of the Penal Code, the holder, manager or agent of which is prosecuted ; 2° Of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-145

…of property seized in criminal proceedings except in the cases provided for in articles 41-5 and 99-2 and this chapter. From the date on which it becomes enforceable and until it is released or the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-70

In support of the application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3, public health establishments must prove that they were manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions relating to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1

Article R6152-700

…his section shall remain applicable only to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1 in service on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…re, without prejudice to the provisions relating to the destruction and disposal of property seized during the investigation or examination provided for in Articles 41-5 and 99-2. Where the decision d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-45

The investigating judge may place the legal entity under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in articles 139 and 140 by subjecting it to one or more of the following obligations:

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