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Showing 34213430 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D48-11

The financial penalty or a certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second subparagraph, be forwarded directly by the competent authority of the issuing State…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations.

Article R351-5

It is an offence for any person charged in any capacity whatsoever with the management or administration of a credit institution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…tizenship for the persons residing in the department referred to in articles 21-2, 21-11, 21-12, 21-13-1, 21-13-2, 21-14, 21-14-1, 21-15, 24-1, 24-2 and 32-4 of this code as well as to Article 2 of Ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…1530 of 10 December 2009 First and second paragraphs of Article L. 2122-5 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 2122-5-2 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-85

Funeral chambers whose application for planning permission is submitted after 31 July 1999 are immediately subject to the provisions of articles D. 2223-80 to D. 2223-84 and of article D. 2223-86. Fun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1125 bis

…uments of any kind relating exclusively to the reconstruction provided for by the loi n° 71-1029 du 24 décembre 1971 of registers or documents kept in the registries of commercial courts or other juri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…tations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph of Article L.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Search and recording

Article L541-2

…3° In article L. 512-7, the words: or the breach and or a breach are deleted; 4° In Article L. 512-13, the words: "or a breach" are deleted; 5° In Article L. 512-15, the words: "mentioned in article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-1

…le, the balance of the development allowance provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13, the Local Finance Committee sets, for each financial year, the overall amount of the reduction a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article R*721-3

…on decision was issued by the Minister of the Interior before the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997 on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-2658 of 2 Novembe…

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