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Showing 9911000 of 36126 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 mai 1997 n° 95-15690

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Designation of the country of return

Article R*721-3

…ssued by the Minister of the Interior before the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997 on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-2658 of 2 November 1945, now codif…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other securities giving or that may give access to the capital or voting rights.

Article R212-4

The rules governing securities giving access to the capital are set out in Articles R. 228-87 to 95 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-1

I. - The following professions remain subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article R632-9

…ion of an expulsion decision taken, prior to the entry into force of decree no. 97-24 of 13 January 1997, by the Minister of the Interior, on the basis of the provisions of article 23 of order no. 45-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications and collection of technical connection data

Article D15-1-5-1

The departments, units and bodies referred to in article 706-95-17, whose agents may be required to carry out the use of the technical apparatus or device referred to in article 706-95-20, are as foll…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article R754-24

…f the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 351-3no. 2014-551 of 27 May 2014R. 351-5No. 2005-1738 of 30 December 2005II. - For the application of I, in the second se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: National service.

Article L3142-96

The provisions of article L. 3142-95 are applicable, when they are sent home, to persons who, having completed their active service, have been retained on national service.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Mediation

Article L623-22

Only the applicant association may take part in mediation, under the conditions set out in the Chapter I of Title II of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-73

The provisions of articles R. 225-95, R. 225-101, R. 225-106 and R. 225-107 are applicable to bondholders' meetings.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-18

…ral or legal persons approved in accordance with the aforementioned Decree No. 97-109 of 6 February 1997 who have carried out the analyses, and staff acting under their responsibility may carry out, b…

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