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Showing 63116320 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

I. - Articles R. 355-9 and R. 355-12 are applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of these provisions :1° The following should be understood: "supplementary occupatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Safeguard measures

Article R4314-12

…y purpose whatsoever, putting into service or use of the equipment concerned, or order that it be recalled or withdrawn. It may also require an information society service provider to restrict access…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-33

The mayor, or the Paris police prefect in his area of jurisdiction, may issue parking permits on the public highway to taxi operators, under the conditions provided for in article L. 3121-5 of the tra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the foreign national to another place of detention

Article R744-47

…n to another, under the conditions set out in article L. 744-17, is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-32

…us of borrowings and debts; 2° Presentation of provisions; > 3° Presentation of the methods used to calculate provisions 3° Presentation of the methods used for depreciation; 4° Presentation of the ba…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L785-3

…e Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromAr…

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

Article D12

When, in application of article 18 (third paragraph), a judicial police officer travels outside the territorial limits where he normally carries out his duties, he must give prior notice to the public…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Competent administrative authority

Article R613-1

…departure and the prohibition on returning to French territory 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
Subsection 1: House arrest to enforce a removal order

Article R732-1

…pursuant to article L. 731-1 is the prefect of the département where the place of house arrest is located 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 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-5

…to the liberty and custody judge that the hearing take place with the use of audiovisual telecommunication means, as provided for in article L. 743-8, is the departmental prefect and, in Paris, the po…

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