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Showing 30713080 of 20916 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 29 June 2022 – no. 20-13.228

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-90

…aphic entertainment establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for managing the end of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-1

…nce with a model conforming to the model provided for in Council Regulation (EC) No 1030/2002 of 13 June 2002 laying down a uniform format for residence permits for third-country nationals and its ann…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE WHEN THE CONSIDERATION OF AN ASYLUM APPLICATION IS UNDER THE COMPETENCE OF ANOTHER STATE

Article R571-1

…571-1. It specifies that the foreign national is the subject of a procedure pursuant to regulation no. 604/2013 of 26 June 2013.This certificate does not allow free movement in the other Member State…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L541-2

…2-17, in the 3rd paragraph, the words: "or administrative police" are deleted; 7° In article L. 512-29, in 3°, the words: "in the cases provided for in articles L. 413-1 and L. 413-2" are deleted and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special forms of transmission.

Article D211-15

The terms of delivery referred to in Article L. 211-29 are determined as follows: 1° Financial securities or instruments created physically are said to be delivered if, at the time of the repurchase a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-2

…supporting documents is equivalent to submission of the declaration provided for in article L. 123-29. The declarant must also produce two recent passport photographs. In this case, the territorial c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-1

Persons who, on 29 November 1997, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician in a blood establishment without fulfilling the required conditions but who, on 23 May 2004, can provide p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-2-1

…visual inspection and measurement of dust levels required in the first sentence of article R. 1334-29-3 after the work has been completed are liable to a third-class fine.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-33

…auxiliary journals mention in chronological order all the transactions mentioned in Article R. 814-29.For each transaction, they indicate the date, the name of the transaction, the description of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions applicable to Réunion and Mayotte

Article R6123-32-13

For its application to La Réunion and Mayotte, the last paragraph of article R. 6123-29 reads as follows: "The constitutive agreement of the networks created in La Réunion and Mayotte is submitted for…

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