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Showing 42114220 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…706-167, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of events with classification, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance

Article R331-10

…a ranking, timekeeping or timetable fixed in advance submits a declaration, accompanied, where applicable, by the reasoned opinion referred to in article R. 331-9, to :1° The mayor or, in Paris, the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1-1

I.-Articles L. 141-13 to L. 141-17, L. 141-19, L. 141-20, L. 143-7 and L. 143-11 are applicable in their wording resulting from Law no. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 for growth, activity and equal economi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION IS UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER STATE

Article R572-1

…April 2004, the authority competent to determine the State responsible for examining an asylum application and to take a transfer decision pursuant to Article L. 572-1 is the departmental prefect and,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-115

The amount of exceptional aid may not exceed €50,000.The cumulative amount of the exceptional aid and the subsidies received by the foreign sales company under decree no. 2020-371 of 30 March 2020 rel…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-1

When an obligation to pay a sum of money bears interest, the debtor is discharged by paying the principal and interest. Partial payment is set off against the interest first.Interest is granted by law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…ts are chosen from natural or legal persons who appear on the national list drawn up by the Cour de cassation or on one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1080

…rty or rights are subject to land registration, it also specifies the particulars required for publication of the title deed in the forms provided for by the décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Global operating grant and other grants

Article R1613-1

…alary costs reimbursed pursuant to article L. 1613-5 include all remuneration defined by the décret n°85-730 du 17 juillet 1985 relatif à la rémunération des fonctionnaires de l'Etat et des fonctionna…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345-1

…he formal notice, the debtor may, where the obligation relates to a sum of money, consign it to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or, where the obligation relates to the delivery of an item, sequ…

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