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Showing 141150 of 27079 articles for Art. CE 17-4-2015 n° 371551

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-17

…Article L. 115-16 find that there is a shortfall, inaccuracy, omission or concealment in the information used as a basis for calculating the taxes or contributions, they send th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Seizure of fruits

Article R321-17

…fruits to be cut and sold by auction or by any other means within a period set by the judge. The price is deposited in the hands of the receiver appointed by the pursuing creditor or consigned to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-17

If the application does not comply with the provisions of the preceding article, the secretariat shall invite the applicant to complete it within a period of one month. The option shall be open, befor…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-17

…provided for in Article R. 431-1, excluding the digitised image of fingerprints, are read by the processing mentioned in Article 1 of Decree No. 2019-452 of 13 May 2019 authorising the creation of an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-17

The mayor, deputy mayors and members of the town council may not take part in deliberations and decisions relating to matters in which they are personally interested or as agents.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Succession of contracts.

Article L6222-17

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the implementing measures for this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Local referendum

Article R1112-17

…he polling station with a visible weapon will be liable to the fine laid down for fourth-class offences..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Account rights and customer relations

Article R312-17

…anking Inclusion Observatory provided for in Article L. 312-1-1 B is published on the Banque de France website.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-17

The services mentioned in article A. 444-16 also give rise to the collection of the initiation fee mentioned in article A. 444-15, with the exception of those listed under the following numbers in Tab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Counting of votes

Article D4233-17

The original minutes of the voting and counting operations with its appendices, the media files including the copy of the source programmes and executable programmes, the count, results and backup fil…

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