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Showing 50615070 of 8668 articles for Art. CE 21-12-2022 n° 459476

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-13

…12 are issued on the report of the Minister for the Interior, the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Storage of embryonic stem cells

Article R2151-24

The provisions of article R. 2151-12-6, with the exception of its last paragraph, are applicable to the activities covered by the declaration provided for in this sub-section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality.

Article D2573-4

The articles D. 2113-1 to D. 2113-12 and R. 2113-16 to R. 2113-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-22

The provisions of Articles L. 614-19, L. 614-20 and L. 614-21 shall not apply where, since the applicant is not domiciled or headquartered in France, the Institut national de la propriété industrielle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L3253-1

…n the event of safeguard, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation, they are guaranteed, in accordance with articles L. 625-7 and L. 625-8 of the French Commercial Code, under the conditions set out i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Access to detention facilities

Article R744-22

The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or his representatives shall have access to detention facilities under conditions that guarantee their effective access…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-5

Aforeign nationals placed or held in administrative detention who wish to apply for asylum may benefit, in order to present their application, from legal assistance provided by the legal entities ment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 879-1

For the application of articles 16 to 19, Mayotte police officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-31

…Prefect. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency sends the Prefect the information he receives in application of these articles, together with his observations.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-3-1

…t his or her behaviour may be linked to terrorist activities, be detained on the spot or in the police station where he or she is taken for a check of his or her situation by a judicial police officer…

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