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Showing 52015210 of 9051 articles for Art. 158 · CE 18 June 1990 n° 61022 · CE 16 July 2008 n° 277180 · CE 16 June 2004 n° 235647

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-7

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court alone has jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-19

…d unanimously by the shareholders. The statutory clauses mentioned in articles L. 227-14 and L. 227-16 may only be adopted or amended by a decision taken collectively by the partners under the conditi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-25-2-1

…cialist assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in Article 706, to take part, in accordance with the procedures laid down in the same Article 706, in proceedings concerning crimes and offen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions adapting Book VIII

Article L958-2

For the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of articles L. 824-1 to L. 824-16, the terms listed below are replaced as follows: 1° (deleted); 2° "chambre régionale des comptes" by "chambre ter…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Registration of the application

Article L521-1

…lf in person to the competent administrative authority, which shall register his application and proceed, under conditions laid down by decree in the Council of State, to determine the State responsib…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-2

…30,000 for any person to facilitate or attempt to facilitate the unlawful entry, movement or residence of a foreign national:1° On the territory of another State party to the Schengen Convention signe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Change of matrimonial property regime by application of a foreign law

Article 1303-3

…reign law governing the effects of the union is mentioned in the margin of this record. In the absence of a marriage record kept by a French authority, this change of matrimonial property regime, if i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 2

The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the following matters:- guardianship, legal administrations and curatorships under local law;- judicial division and judicial sale of real…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article Annexe art A230-6

(Name and registered office of the company and compulsory information) Certificate of hunting liability insurance The insurance company named above...... hereby certifies that M......, residing at....…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-5

Without prejudice to the specific provisions relating to the indication of the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of origin is made compulsory for milk, as well as for milk used as an ingredient in…

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