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Showing 48014810 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-17-1

The refusal of the sentenced person expressed after the information provided for in article D. 147-17 is recorded by the prison integration and probation service, which informs the sentence enforcemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19-1

…osal of the Chairman of the Committee on : 1° The initial budget, no later than 1st November of the calendar year preceding that for which it is drawn up; 2° The amending budget or budgets; 3° The fin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article R624-17

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 622-20, the mandataire judiciaire shall give formal notice to the defaulting member or shareholder by registered letter with acknowledgement o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial assistance

Article R5132-10-13-1

The recruitment of the people referred to in article L. 5132-6-1 on open-ended contracts by temporary work integration agencies entitles them to financial assistance, up to the number of integration p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-14-1

…y foreigner serving in the French armed forces who has been wounded on a mission during or on the occasion of an operational engagement and who applies for it. In the event of the death of the person…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal from the lists and prohibition on inclusion on the lists

Article R221-15-1

The Minister responsible for sport may, at any time, by a reasoned decision, oppose the registration of an athlete on the lists mentioned in article L. 221-2 when one of the conditions mentioned in 1°…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to other tourist offices.

Article R133-19-1

…nding the last paragraph of article R. 133-19, when the Tourist Office is set up in the form of a local public company whose articles of association require each director of the company to represent p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-18-1

…and in the absence of a decision by the person entitled to provide for the funeral, the ashes are scattered in the space set aside for this purpose in the cemetery of the municipality of the place of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-171-1

…e registration and deletion of a European Company, shall be drawn up and sent, by the Registrar who carries out such registration and deletion, to the authority responsible for the Official Journal of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Initial training

Article D1442-10-1

Newly appointed labour tribunal members who have never held a labour tribunal appointment or who have not fulfilled this obligation during a previous appointment are subject to the initial training re…

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