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Showing 771780 of 31914 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 5 Jan. 2016 – no. 14-10.628

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-14

…ppropriation are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-11, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-14-1

French nationality is conferred by decree, on a proposal from the Minister of Defence, on any foreigner serving in the French armed forces who has been wounded on a mission during or on the occasion o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-14

…f re-identification, for the Budget Directorate and the Treasury Directorate-General;4° (Repealed) ;5° Samples with a maximum of two potential identifiers, semi-aggregated data, individualised for hea…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption from producing all the documents mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-1

Article R313-14

…tionals holding a visa bearing the words "residence permit to be applied for on arrival in France"; 5° Members of diplomatic missions and consular posts and their dependent family members, coming from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-14

In the event of the dissolution of a société coopérative or union governed by the provisions of this chapter and subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs of this article, the net surplus…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

Decisions taken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is atta…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of organised adapted holidays.

Article R412-14

…holiday at the holiday destination must not have been convicted of any offence entered in bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

…nd the disputes to which the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of article R. 421-15 may give rise, the guarantee fund may not be summoned to court by the victim or his rightful claim…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-14

Organisations under agreement pursuant to article L. 550-2 provide domiciliation for asylum seekers who are referred to them by the French Office for Immigration and Integration. They may only refuse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-14

The training period is supplemented by training activities, the content, organisation and implementation procedures of which are determined by the regional council in accordance with the training regu…

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