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Showing 35713580 of 43388 articles for Art. Cass. com. 28-3-2019 n° 17-23.671 FS-PB

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-9

At the end of the customs detention, the public prosecutor may order that the detained person be brought before him, a judicial police officer or a customs officer authorised under article 28-1 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Care of prisoners

Article R6111-30

Where the designated establishment is a public health establishment, the organisation of care and the medical operation of the facility located in the prison are governed by the provisions of articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board, and any person who in any capacity participates in the management or administration of a credit institution, a f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-35

The articles R. 626-17 to R. 626-51, excluding article R. 626-18, the second and third paragraphs of article R. 626-20, and of article R. 626-22, are applicable to the receivership proceedings. The co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Employment centres.

Article L5313-3

Job centres may take the form of public interest groups governed by Chapter II of Law 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-38-1

I. - For the application of the provisions of Articles L. 131-16 and L. 131-16-1, La Française des Jeux implements automated processing of personal data relating to bettors and bets placed on sports b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Specific requirements for groups

Article A356-3

In accordance with article R. 356-17, when an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 356-8 is a participating undertaking of a credit institution, an investment firm or a financial…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35

I. - For the purposes of income tax, the profits made by the following natural persons are also deemed to be industrial and commercial profits:1° Persons who, on a regular basis, purchase, in their ow…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article R421-31

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 421-15 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article D421-30

The Minister responsible for immigration shall immediately inform the first Member State and the notifying party in writing of the refusal of mobility provided for in Article R. 421-29.

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