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Showing 26112620 of 20181 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 June 2003

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Hospitality certificates

Article L313-1

…rative authority, and constitutes the document provided for in the Schengen Convention signed on 19 June 1990 to justify the conditions of residence in the case of a family or private visit..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article L531-1

…r State pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, or pursuant to commitments identical to those provided for by the same Regulation with ot…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy

Article LO1114-4

The Government shall submit to Parliament, for a given year, no later than 1 June of the second year following, a report showing, for each category of territorial authority, the share of own resources…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-2

…f March at the latest. The public prosecutor's report is made public before the last working day of June in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order of the Minister of Justice.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-9

In order to receive the direct allocation, the distribution company must complete and submit, by 30 June 2021 at the latest, by electronic means, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article R2192-11

…Sixty days for public undertakings within the meaning of II of article 1 of order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-1

…° References to the external borders of the States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 are deleted;2° References to the commander of the gendarmerie group are replaced by the re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE SUBJECT TO A REMISSION DECISION

Article R621-4

…mit, valid for one year or more, issued by a State party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990; however, an order by the minister responsible for immigration may designate the foreign n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: OVERSEAS REGIONS

Article L4437-4

…n° 2010-1486 du 7 décembre 2010 relative au Département de Mayotte, and which came into force on 22 June 2009, is assimilated to the regional development plan provided for in articles L. 4433-7 à L. 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-11

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 517-1 with the exception of its last four paragraphs Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 5…

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