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Showing 21812190 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-2-1

…aph of III of Article L. 440-1, the words "of this Code and Articles L. 511-3, L. 511-21 and L. 511-22 of the Consumer Code" are deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-2

Article D. 1332-22, the second and third paragraphs of article D. 1332-27 and article D. 1332-30 come into force in Mayotte on 31 December 2019.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

…authority of the Minister for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sporting events with no timekeeping, no ranking and no pre-set timetable

Article R331-8

…ng place within the territory of a single municipality, the declaration is made to the mayor or, in Paris, to the police prefect. A joint order by the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Sp…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transfer of beneficiaries of temporary protection or their family members

Article R581-9

…n national is granted temporary protection in France, his/her spouse, minor children or, where applicable, his/her spouse's minor children, where they are not yet present on the territory of a Member…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-1

For the application of articles L. 743-3 to L. 743-18, the competent liberties and detention judge is that of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the foreign national is held in detention or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-30

…eal against the election of the members of the National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers with the Paris Court of Appeal within ten days of the announcement of the results. The appeal must be lodged…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

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 Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-8

The time limit for bringing an action against the Office before the Paris Court of Appeal is two months. This period runs from the date of notification by registered letter with acknowledgement of rec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-94

The Board of Directors is composed as follows: 1° As representatives of the local authorities: a) The mayor of Nanterre or the representative appointed by him, chairman; b) A representative of the mun…

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