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Showing 18111820 of 19320 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Nov. 1997 – no. 95-16371

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-24

…tion or if the travel operator no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in II of article L. 211-18. The deletion from the register is notified by the Commission to the operator concerned, by any m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-1

For the application of articles L. 743-3 to L. 743-18, the competent liberties and detention judge is that of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the foreign national is held in detention or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-5

The commission's decisions may be contested under the conditions set out in IV of article L. 18, I of article L. 20, I and II of article R. 17 and articles R. 18 to R. 19-6 of the Electoral Code.The a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-19

…pathological examinations carried out. If the certificates mentioned in articles R. 2131-2, R. 2131-18, R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1 are drawn up , a copy of these is kept by the centre. The documents…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731 A bis

The late payment interest provided for in

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article R621-43-1

The persons mentioned in c of article L. 621-18-2, who have close personal ties with one of the persons mentioned in a or b of the same article, are :1° Their spouse who is not legally separated or th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Crematoria (R).

Article R2223-103-1

I.-When 1° of II of article L. 2223-18-1-1, the crematorium operator shall pay the proceeds from the sale of metals recovered after cremation to one or more communes, which may only allocate the corre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-21-1

Pursuant to articles L. 733-18 and L. 743-1 of the French Consumer Code, the cancellation of a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque is deemed to constitute regularisation of the incide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-96

The Director manages the establishment's affairs other than those which fall within the remit of the Board of Directors mentioned in article R. 6147-95. The Director is assisted by a seven-member Exec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-21

In view of the request made pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 495-18 or the complaint made pursuant to the second paragraph of article 495-19, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecuti…

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