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Showing 70417050 of 8536 articles for Art. CE 27-11-2019 n° 418379

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3115-9

…order to combat the international spread of disease. These health checks are carried out in accordance with the technical procedures defined by order of the Minister for Health. Travellers who refuse…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-3

…r that makes consent impossible and constitutes a danger to himself or to others, the Préfet de Police in Paris or the State representative in the département in which the detainee's prison is located…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

A delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-1

…goods from a company's stock. When new goods are offered for sale by the trader or artisan who produced them, this is mentioned in the documents and advertisements announcing the sale.Goods which, at…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-8

…ishment concludes with the State; 3° The annual or multi-year action programmes; 4° The rules of procedure of the committee mentioned in a of 1° of Article R. 822-1, as well as on the annual specifica…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-10

…tors relating to the objects mentioned in 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11° and 16° of article R. 823-7 are enforceable only after they have been approved by the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Budg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quinquies

…ovisions, account is taken of the rates actually applied on the territory of the communes when a process of reducing rate differentials was underway.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Record of enforcement of the decision requiring the foreign national to leave French territory

Article R711-1

…int-Martin bound for any country, other than a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-8

…to be recovered from any consideration paid by a purchaser to the person subject to a resolution procedure or, as the case may be, to the holders of equity securities mentioned in Chapter II of Title…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13

…equest from the Chairman or the Secretary General of the AMF, the presiding judge of the summary proceedings court may order the defendant to deposit a sum of money.It sets the amount of the sum to be…

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