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Showing 15211530 of 50800 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-2-2009 n° 07-13.853

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-11

European Union citizens mentioned in 1° of article L. 233-1 who have established their habitual residence in France for less than five years are issued, at their request, with a residence permit beari…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-11

The publisher is obliged to carry out or have carried out the manufacture or production in digital form under the conditions, in the form and according to the modes of expression provided for in the c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Powers exercised on behalf of the State.

Article R2122-11

When the mayor plans to allocate a communal building other than the communal home for the celebration of marriages, he shall inform the public prosecutor beforehand by sending him his draft allocation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-110

Private individuals may only import a medicinal product in a quantity compatible with personal therapeutic use for a period of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use, or f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-114

As stated in article D234-6 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which reads as follows:"I. - Veterinary medicinal products containing substances or categories of substances with anabolic, a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter V: Customs clearance procedures in relations between certain countries and territories.

Article 119 bis

1. In relations between two parts of the Customs territory, the Customs service of the territory of departure is authorised, on behalf of the Customs service of the territory of destination, to carry…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-11

I.-In accordance with the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the Minister for the Economy shall adopt measures aimed at imposing specific conditions, restricting or prohibiting the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-113

In undertakings with less than three hundred employees, the employer may refuse the leave or the change to part-time work:1° If, after consulting the Social and Economic Committee, the employer consid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

Title III of Book I of this Part is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-110

The articles of association of the association must provide that :1° The members of the board of directors or the supervisory board of the association must be chosen from among the managers, directors…

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