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Showing 45714580 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-4-2

…to be gathered and their perpetrators to be tracked down, fixed or mobile automated vehicle identification data monitoring systems may be implemented by the national police and gendarmerie services or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article L563-2

…prohibited by Article L. 320-1 of the Internal Security Code or betting prohibited by the Act of 2 June 1891 regulating the authorisation and operation of horse races.The Ministers shall lift the pro…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article R140-1

In accordance with article R. 210-1, the provisions of articles R. 141-1 to R. 141-13, R. 142-26 to R. 142-42 and R. 142-51 to R. 142-58 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-27

The special allocation for housing teachers provided for in article L. 2334-26 is divided into two parts:- the first part is paid to the communes to compensate for the expenses relating to the accommo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic development

Article L4424-27

…k V of Part One, is determined by the territorial authority by deliberation of the Assembly of Corsica. The President of the Executive Council implements these deliberations under the conditions set o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-21

If a person subject to a measure taken pursuant to Article 706-25-16 not to comply with the obligations to which it is bound is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CREDIT TRANSACTIONS

Article R315-1

…der is entitled to refuse early partial repayment of the loan by the borrower, is set at 10% of the capital paid in..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-20

Personal data are classified, within the processing mentioned in article R. 142-16, in electronic files. There may be only one file for any one foreign national.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A7

The date of the technical examination and the test subjects are set by the commission provided for in article 16 (2° and 4°) of the present code on the proposal of the director of military personnel o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article R3115-17-1

The points of entry to the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115-16 and R. 3115-17 have the technical capacities set out in paragraph 2 of this sub-section.

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