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Showing 42414250 of 37356 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 12 May 2010

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Deposit of a sum by the transport company that has disembarked a foreign national without the required documents

Article R821-8

…le L. 821-9 is mentioned on the official report recording the breach provided for in article L. 821-12. If no deposit is made, this is mentioned under the same conditions.The sum deposited is handed o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-17

The service providers mentioned in 1° of article R. 2122-14 process all the data with a view to drawing up the electoral roll, in accordance with articles R. 2122-12 to R. 2122-16 . It forwards the fi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Port establishment staff: compensatory rest for overtime work.

Article D744-1

…blic authorities holding concessions for public tools in commercial and fishing ports. Articles L. 212-5-1 and D. 212-5 to D. 212-12 of the Labour Code are applicable to the staff of these establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-74

…office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the members mentioned in 5°, 6°, 10°, 11° and 12° of article R. 6147-14 is set at three years. The term of office of the other members of the Boar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Resources of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-8-2

I. - For the application of III of Article L. 312-4, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund may be responsible for informing depositors of the branches mentioned in this III on behalf of the author…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-20

…lectronic anti-rapprochement device mentioned in the article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code, the matter may be referred to the Family Affairs Judge at any time under the conditions of the article 515-12 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Education, re-education and vocational training centres

Article R5213-13

…eir centres receiving disabled workers under the conditions set out in article R. 5213-9 to R. 5213-12 are submitted to the permanent section of the Higher Council for the Professional and Social Recl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…ts own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where the pe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 21: Hygiene of products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1

Article R412-37

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1, with regard to the products, foodstuffs and animal feed mentioned in 6° of Article L. 412-1: The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-5

…L. 173-12 of the same code in application of article L. 1337-9 of the Public He…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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