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Showing 18011810 of 44552 articles for Art. CAA Paris 21-2-2018 n° 17PA00527

French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-2

…ld Anti-Doping Code referred to in the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005;4° An organisation responsible for a major international sporting event tha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

Article R2131-2-2

The Minister for Health shall determine by order : 1° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, the recommendations for good practice relating to access, care for pregna…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Controls

Article L3515-2

Agents de police municipale, gardes champêtres, agents de surveillance de Paris and agents de la ville de Paris chargé d'un service de police mentioned, respectively, in articles L. 511-1, L. 521-1, L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administration of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-24

The public accountants of the State mentioned in Article L. 518-14 are accountants of the General Directorate of Public Finance. When they handle deposits from customers whose accounts are held in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-22

The decisions of the Conseil des maisons de vente may be appealed to the Paris Court of Appeal.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PLACEMENT IN THE WAITING AREA

Article R341-2

…istrative authority competent to delimit the waiting area is the prefect of the département and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-27

Exceptional aid is awarded and its amount determined in consideration of :1° The difficulties encountered by the distribution company during the theatrical release in 2020 of the cinematographic works…

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In force

Article Annexe 2-2

TABLE 1Appended to articles R. 225-81, R. 225-83 and R. 225-102Financial results of the company over the last five financial years NATURE OF INDICATIONS20..20..20..20..20..I. - Financial position at y…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2-2

When a victim is about to lodge a complaint online, he or she must be informed, by information appearing legibly on the site's home screens: 1° That lodging a complaint online is only an option and th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 207

…atus of agricultural cooperation;3° bis. When they operate in accordance with the provisions of loi n° 83-657 du 20 juillet 1983 relative au développement de certaines activités d'économie sociale, le…

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