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Showing 311320 of 17041 articles for Art. confirmed Cass. 3e civ.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Clearing houses

Article L762-8

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-19

…placement in a socio-medico-judicial security centre as a matter of urgency. This placement must be confirmed within a maximum of three months by the regional court ruling in accordance with article 7…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

I.-An annual tax on parking areas is levied within the territorial limits of the Ile-de-France region.II. - The tax is payable by the owner, usufructuary, lessee under a construction lease, emphyteuti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 115

At any time during the investigation, the parties may inform the examining magistrate of the name of the lawyer chosen by them; if they appoint several lawyers, they must indicate which of them will b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…ng the following information: 1° Identification of the judicial authority that issued, validated or confirmed the freezing order and of the authority competent to execute the said order in the issuing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4

Preimplantation diagnosis is the biological diagnosis carried out using cells taken from the embryo in vitro. Preimplantation diagnosis is only authorised in exceptional cases under the following cond…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-9-1

I.-If a psychiatrist involved in the patient's care certifies in a medical certificate that a psychiatric care measure in the form of full hospitalisation is no longer necessary and that the care meas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for collecting identity and non-identifying data

Article R2143-5

I.-The doctor from the health organisation or establishment mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2142-1 collects the identity and non-identifying data, mentioned in I of Article L. 2143-3, f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-79

I.-When France Compétences identifies apprenticeship contracts for which the level of funding has not yet been set, it invites the branches concerned, by any means that can be relied upon to confirm r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to eligible compensation

Article D533-13

The following have the status of eligible counterparties within the meaning of Article L. 533-20: 1. a) The credit institutions referred to in Article L. 511-9 ; b) The investment firms referred to in…

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