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Showing 99519960 of 16885 articles for Art. CA Paris 29-6-2007 n° 05/17124

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-10

…based on supporting documents, under the conditions defined by articles 9, 10 and 31 of the décret n°90-437 du 28 mai 1990 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasionnés pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…finance the operations referred to in Article L. 513-29, housing finance companies may issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and raise ot…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds

Article L214-146

…of a general-purpose professional fund may stipulate that the redemption of units or shares may be capped, on each net asset value calculation date, at a fraction of the units or shares issued by the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-25

…parties referred to in article 29 of the same law of 5 July 1985. It must be exercised, where applicable, within the time limits set by law for third party payers to produce their claims.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-23

The report by the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique provided for in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, gives an account…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-2

…Meeting of CCI France and of each territorial and regional chamber of commerce and industry may allocate to the members of its bureau is set within the limits of the following scale: CATEGORY NUMBER O…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-9

Applications for registration in the National Vocational Certification Register under II of Article L. 6113-5 are examined according to the following criteria: 1° The suitability of the jobs held in r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-133

On the basis of the risk assessment, the employer draws up a demolition, removal or encapsulation plan using a teleservice, accessible on the internet via a user account and implemented by the ministe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…ears, except when it is issued: 1° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-22 ; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit issued to the spouse or parent…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-15

…lation of foreign nationals, as well as that relating to access to French nationality and visa applications, and for their implementation, and reporting to the central departments of the Ministries of…

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