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Showing 85018510 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4

…re and amount of the payment or benefit referred to in the first subparagraph or, where this amount cannot be established, of the method of calculation, in a complete, accurate and comprehensible mann…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-41

…n accordance with the following functional groups: 1° Expenditure : Group 1: fixed assets. Group 2: capital reduction and other expenditure. Group 3: debt repayment. Group 4: write-backs of provisions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-41

In the cases provided for by 4° of Article 706-25-4, informing the person and providing the document provided for in article R. 50-38 are made, under the conditions set out in the third and fourth par…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R8252-4

The body referred to in Article L. 8252-4 is the French Office for Immigration and Integration.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-26

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notification of the decision

Article R4234-45

The notification of the decision of the National Disciplinary Board or of the order of its chairman indicates that an appeal in cassation may be lodged with the Conseil d'Etat through a lawyer at the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Family reunification

Article L561-4

Articles L. 434-1, L. 434-3 to L. 434-5 and the first paragraph of article L. 434-9 are applicable.Family reunification is not subject to conditions concerning prior length of legal residence, resourc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Cash declaration

Article R722-4

…ing address, date and place of birth, nationality and identity document number ;2° The owner of the cash, including, in the case of a natural person, their full name, contact details, including addres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Care provided to prisoners.

Article R6411-4

…son is subject: 1° The conditions under which the staff of the public health establishment systematically examine prisoners arriving in the prison and provide them with routine and, where appropriate,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-5

Failure to comply with the obligations set out in articles L. 1111-3, L. 1111-3-2, L. 1111-3-3 and L. 1111-3-4 of this code shall be investigated and recorded by competition, consumer affairs and frau…

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