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Showing 61616170 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-1

…321-1, R. 321-3, R. 321-5, R. 321-14, R. 321-16 to R. 321-18, if this undertaking is authorised to carry on insurance business under the national legislation to which it is subject and if it undertak…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Fees

Article R623-31

…of Article L. 623-16 is payable for the first time on the date of issue of the plant variety certificate. It must be paid within two months of the notification made by the national plant variety autho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article R512-25

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EXAMINATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION AT THE FRONTIER

Article R351-3

Unless the examination of the asylum application falls within the jurisdiction of another State, the foreign national will be interviewed by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Statel…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Refusal and termination

Article D551-18

…s taken pursuant to article L. 551-16 shall be in writing, give reasons and be taken after the applicant has been given the opportunity to submit written observations to the French Office for Immigrat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-10

…he aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014, within 22 days of the date of validation of the application referred to in Article 5(6) of this Regulation. If the competent authority has sent a request…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring compliance with trading platform rules and other obligations

Article D420-3

The AMF shall communicate to the European Securities and Markets Authority and to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Bailiffs

Article R444-49

Where, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 16 of decree no. 56-222 of 29 February 1956, a bailiff entrusts the service of a document to a colleague, the corresponding emolument is paid to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Town planning (R).

Article R1614-17

…f the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation sends the prefect: 1° A copy of each application for a building permit, development permit and demolition permit, completed by him/her, and of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article D47-12

For the application of the second paragraph of Article 706-56, persons authorised under the conditions set out in article 16-12 of the Civil Code without being registered on a list of forensic experts…

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