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Showing 17211730 of 3964 articles for Art. CA Paris – 24 Nov. 2016

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 R581-14

The préfet de département and, in Paris, the préfet de police may refer the matter to another EU Member State for the purposes of transferring a foreign national who is a beneficiary of temporary prot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-159

…mutual funds or open-ended investment companies known as "private equity companies".Articles L. 214-24-29 to L. 214-24-33, with the exception of the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and 1° and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-20

…8 Summons to the distrainee debtor to appear before the enforcement judge at an orientation hearing 24 hours 89.28 € 89 Notice to registered creditors equivalent to a summons to appear 24 hours 89.28…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-7

…der Article L. 464-1 may be lodged by the parties involved and the Government Commissioner with the Paris Court of Appeal no more than ten days after notification of the decision. The court will rule…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: DEPARTMENTS OF HAUTS-DE-SEINE, SEINE-SAINT-DENIS AND VAL-DE-MARNE

Article L3421-2

…of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne contribute 45% of the operating costs of the Paris fire brigade and 37.5% of the capital costs of the barracks, in proportion to their population…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Unless otherwise provided, references to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the Eu…

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

Article R751-5

…gn a foreign national to residence pursuant to article L. 751-6 is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Access to detention facilities

Article R744-45

…provals mentioned in 1° of article R. 744-43 and article R. 744-44 are issued by the Prefect or, in Paris, by the Prefect of Police.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO THE EXECUTION OF A TRANSFER DECISION

Article R751-7

…ive detention of a foreign national pursuant to article L. 751-9 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1039

…whose nationality is in question or, if that person does not live in France, the judicial court of Paris.

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