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Showing 46514660 of 9348 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Feb. 1999 – no. 1996/18826

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The reconstitution of destroyed documents.

Article 1431

…was drawn up abroad, that of the place where the claimant lives; if the claimant lives abroad, the Paris judicial court.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-1

…by the prefect of the département in which the registered office of the domiciliation company is located. In Paris, this approval is issued by the Prefect of Police.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-18

…rector General recruits, appoints and manages the civil servants whose status is governed by decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeals against decisions by the Conseil des maisons de vente, the Enforcement Committee or their chairmen

Article R321-50

…e or their chairmen may be lodged by any means that confers a date certain with the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-108

…107 committed outside maritime areas under French jurisdiction, the competent judicial court is the Paris judicial court.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Aid schemes set up by administrative agreements

Article 711-2

…ating to the bilateral fund for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian works, signed in Paris on 12 July 2019.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Judgement on the application to remain in the waiting zone

Article R342-6

…ompetent to propose to the judge that the hearing take place with the use of audiovisual telecommunication means, as provided for in article L. 342-7, is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the po…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Travel documents

Article R561-6

…département in which the foreign national usually resides or, where the foreign national resides 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 1: House arrest or administrative detention

Article R753-1

…rest or in administrative detention pursuant to article L. 753-1 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special financial provisions applicable to public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6416-4

The total amount of the annual allocations paid by the Mayotte social security fund is financed, on the one hand, by the proceeds of the contribution to the Mayotte sickness and maternity insurance sc…

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