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Showing 29712980 of 23566 articles for Art. Cass. com. 11 March 2003

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

Article L632-7

…foreign nationals who were subject to a deportation order before the entry into force of the loi n° 2003-1119 du 26 novembre 2003 relative à la maîtrise de l'immigration, au séjour des étrangers en Fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

…breach of the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products or of this Title.Suspension shall be imposed eithe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-14

…e year after publication in accordance with the conditions and procedures set out in article R. 228-11 if, during this period, the persons in whose name the registration was made or their successors i…

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

Article LO1114-3

…peration. For each category, the share of own resources may not be less than the level recorded for 2003.The share of own resources may not be less than the level recorded for 2003.The share of own re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

…ation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998)…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R443-2

…21-35 to R. 421-51 R. 421-53 to R. 421-60 R. 422-1R. 422-4 and R. 422-5 R. 422-7 to R. 422-9 R. 422-11 and R. 422-12 R. 423-1 to R. 423-5 R. 424-1 to R. 424-12 R. 425-1 to R. 425-14 R. 426-1R. 426-2fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Market surveillance authorities

Article R4314-1

…respective remits. The market surveillance authorities shall carry out the tasks set out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. They shall draw up an investigation and control programme. This pro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L461-1

…ords: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products, am…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21

…uct characteristics, the presentation and content of which are laid down in accordance with article 11 of Directive 2001/83/EC of 6 November 2001 by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a propo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…reigner in a state of polygamy legally constituted in Mayotte on the date of publication of Law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France or Ordinance no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010…

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