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Showing 421430 of 31518 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10-6-1971 n° 70-12.678

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 9: Opinion procedure provided for in Article L. 532-4

Article R532-70

The President of the Cour nationale du droit d'asile and the Presidents appointed by him for this purpose may reject an application that is manifestly ineligible to be examined pursuant to Article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2333-70

I. - The proceeds of the tax are paid into the budget of the municipality or public establishment which reimburses the payments made:1° To employers who can prove that they have provided permanent acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-70

By way of derogation from the provisions relating to termination before the end of the fixed-term employment contract set out in article L. 1243-2, the Employment Initiative Contract may be terminated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-70

Deaths are attested by the certificate provided for inarticle L. 2223-42 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-70

The obligation set out in article R. 123-66 also includes dissolution or a decision declaring the legal entity null and void for any reason whatsoever, with an indication of the name, customary name,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-70

The provisions of articles R. 225-72 to R. 225-74 do not apply to bondholders' meetings.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-70

In order to examine the situation of a person sentenced to a penalty for which the judicial measure for the prevention of terrorist recidivism and reintegration is incurred, the anti-terrorist public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-70

Any difficulty encountered by the director of the court registry or the president of the industrial tribunal in certifying or checking the statement mentioned in articles D. 1423-58 and D. 1423-59, af…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Medical Risk Observatory.

Article D1142-70

The members of the Medical Risks Observatory and the persons who take part in its work are subject to the obligations set out in article L. 1451-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Production authorisation

Article R1322-70

I. - Any production of clean seawater is subject to authorisation from the Prefect of the département in which the production facility is located. The authorisation is issued on the basis of a file co…

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